Social Worker - Baystate Health

Req#: R6630
Category(s): Behavioral Health, Social Worker
Full Time / Part Time: Full-Time
Shift: First

Baystate's Integrated Behavioral Health locations are seeking full-time LICSWs to join our amazing Behavioral Health Clinician teams in our many locations (see list below)

$6,000 sign-on bonus for eligible applicants and robust benefit pacakage.

Baystate Health, western Massachusetts’s premier healthcare provider, and home to Baystate Medical Center, the region’s only level 1 trauma center and pediatric trauma center is seeking a Behavioral Health Clinician to join our team! SIGN ON BONUS*

Baystate Integrated Behavioral Health is a specialized behavioral health program that works as a member of the advanced primary care team(s) within BMP ambulatory sites.  The role of the IBH Clinician is to ensure that behavioral health needs of the patients under the responsibility of the BMP practice are met.  Behavioral health needs in this context include but are not limited to specific behavioral health symptoms and suspected psychiatric illness; they also include behavioral and emotional factors influencing physical health.  The IBHC helps the care team to identify these needs by assisting in the administration of behavioral health screening instruments, helping in the interpretation of these screens, and providing brief clinical assessments of patients. 

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:

  • Join a multidisciplinary team to provide specialized care to our patients. We use a problem-oriented approach tailored to the needs of the individual. Our team consists of behavioral health clinicians, unit counselors, a psychiatrist, a physician assistant, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric social workers and master's prepared specialists, behavioral support members, occupational and recreational therapists.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

  • BAYSTATE HEALTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIANS-OUTPATIENT (BHC) PERFORM AN IMPORTANT ROLE involving patient evaluation, case management, treatment, discharge planning, and documentation.  The BHC provides clinical services to patients (such as children, adolescents, survivors of trauma, or individuals with Substance Use Disorders), couples and families being treated in the Outpatient Behavioral Health department. BHC is responsible for gathering a psychosocial evaluation through interviews and record review, and completing a written assessment with case formulation and treatment plan. The BHC facilitates psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic family and systems meetings and may also lead to psychotherapeutic and/or psychoeducational groups as assigned.

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. Our BHC career ladder provides opportunity to advance your profession and livelihood. Continuing education incentives and tuition reimbursements are available and encouraged to use.

  • ABUNDANT BENEFITS, SALARY & SO MUCH MORE!  Generous compensation package, CEU allowance, high quality, low cost medical/dental, robust paid time off. *Speak with your recruiter about sign on bonus eligibility and details.

​SCHEDULE:

  • Hours available: Full time, 40-hours M-F

  • Find the right fit for your life

QUALIFICATIONS: 

  • Master’s in Social Work (required)

  • Certification(s): 

  • LICSW active in State of Massachusetts (required)

  • Three or more years of experience in providing treatment in outpatient mental health settings.

LOCATIONS:

  • Greenfield Family Medicine

  • Springfield

  • Belchertown

You Belong At Baystate

At Baystate Health we know that treating one another with dignity and equity is what elevates respect for our patients and staff. It makes us not just an organization, but also a community where you belong. It is how we advance the care and enhance the lives of all people.

DIVERSE TEAMS. DIVERSE PATIENTS. DIVERSE LOCATIONS.

Education:

Master of Science: Social Work (Required)

Certifications:

Independent licensure: LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker); In some work settings, LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) may be permissible – Independent licensure: LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker); In some work settings, LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor) and LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) may be permissible

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

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