Social Worker Bachelors Required Dane Co Jail FT Day Shift ! No Weekends!

at  Wellpath

Compensation Range: $34.22 - $38.02 / hour

You Matter:

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

NOW IS YOUR MOMENT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE UNDERSERVED.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society’s most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference:
The Social Worker Bachelor’s Level plays a critical role in assessing patients from a psychosocial perspective and providing ongoing assistance with community and facility resources, family work, and education, as well as dealing with issues such as Baker Act, Guardianship, and Forensic. They are responsible for conducting educational groups, performing strengths and needs assessments, and maintaining communication links between the treatment team and families, guardians, and community providers. Additionally, they coordinate all aspects of discharges to ensure patients receive the appropriate level of care and support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides comprehensive therapeutic services and interventions for barriers to discharge.
• Coordinates all aspects of discharge planning and documentation, and advocates for patients within the scope of clinical training and professional standards.
• Enhances patient capacity to address their own needs and uses patient contact as opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
• Cooperates with colleagues and seeks advice and counsel when in the best interests of patients.
• Attends weekly department meetings and actively contributes to problem-solving and idea sharing within the department.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university required.

Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years practical experience working in social services, human services related field and the chronically mentally ill population.

Additional Details : DANE CO JAIL! No weekends hours 6:30-3PM Great NEW Pay! Team Work! Honesty & Respect! Benefits & PTO Offered! Applicants must have one of the following licenses active to be considered: Licensed Professional Counselor In-Training (if eligible and require supervisor signature to obtain license this is also acceptable) Licensed Professional Counselor Advanced Practice Social Worker Licensed Clinical Social Worker Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Bachelors : SOCIAL WORK, MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPY, COUSELING OR PSYCHOLOGY REQUIRED We are scheduled 24/7 at this site * We accept training licenses , we LOVE new GRADS * otherwise you MUST be a licensed MHP OR in the process of getting licensed. LETS CHAT: https://calendly.com/keday-1/30mins
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer:
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description

• Provides comprehensive therapeutic services and interventions for barriers to discharge.
• Coordinates all aspects of discharge planning and documentation, and advocates for patients within the scope of clinical training and professional standards.
• Enhances patient capacity to address their own needs and uses patient contact as opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
• Cooperates with colleagues and seeks advice and counsel when in the best interests of patients.
• Attends weekly department meetings and actively contributes to problem-solving and idea sharing within the department