School Counselor Per Diem

4 weeks ago

Rockford, United States UnitedHealth Group Full time
KP Counseling, part of the Optum family of businesses is seeking a MSW Social Worker Per Diem to join our team in Rockford, IL. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Behavioral Care Team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

Explore opportunities at Optum Behavioral Care. We're revolutionizing behavioral health care delivery for individuals, clinicians and the entire health care system. Together, we are bringing high-end medical service, compassionate care and industry leading solutions to our most vulnerable patient populations. Our holistic approach addresses the physical, mental and social needs of our patients wherever they may be - helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. We're connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join our team, it's your chance to improve the lives of millions while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Social Worker, you will provide comprehensive social work services, including mental, behavioral, and psychological treatment, to patients and families. You will educate patients, families, and healthcare team members about benefits, community resources, and counseling referrals. You will triage referrals, collaborate on cases, and develop, review, and implement treatment plans for mental health disorders. Social workers assist patients in a sensitive and supportive manner, advocating on their behalf and helping them access resources to manage their health and well-being. You may also provide community education and consultation to healthcare professionals to help patients overcome barriers to health.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Assesses patient and family psychosocial needs and develops plan of care in concert with patient, physicians, nurses, HAs, other members of the departmental team and works in collaboration with other departments/programs
  • Links patients/family to appropriate community resources including but not limited to, information/referral to sources of financial assistance, transportation, support groups, and other community services
  • Provide inpatient support, facilitate discharge planning, and assist in the post-discharge phase
  • Play a crucial role in recommending Doc to Doc consults for members exceeding the appropriate length of stay and monitoring the days of admission for conversion to administrative days
  • Apply brief solution-based therapy approaches and Implement harm reduction strategies when appropriate
  • Documents patient/family status, diagnosis, treatment plan, goals, and interventions, evaluation results, observations and progress in medical record
  • Serves as patient advocate and liaison with physicians, families, insurance company, community agencies and others as needed to ensure continuity of care
  • Provides discharge planning based on meeting identified goals of the treatment plan
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualification:
  • CADC Certification
Preferred Qualifications:
  • 2+ years professional social work / clinical experience post Master's degree
  • Experience providing direct psychotherapy services to individuals and families
  • Experience working with computers for professional communication and medical documentation - Excel, Outlook, Athena RMS (or other EHRs)
  • Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively with equal effectiveness

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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