Psychiatric Social Worker
Current• Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adult members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs.• Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness.• Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals/ and appropriate support to family… Show more • Provides mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and crisis intervention services for adult members who present themselves from psychiatric evaluation with a broad range of mental health needs.• Develops, implements, coordinates, and evaluates clinical treatment programs for the diagnosis, treatment, and/or referral of Health Plan members with acute or chronic mental illness.• Provides outpatient psychotherapy to individuals/ and appropriate support to family members.• Collaborates with physicians in screening and evaluating patients for psychotropic medications, within the scope of practice.• Maintains concise and timely documentation of patient interactions, and treatment plans utilizing EPIC/Health Connect software in accordance with Kaiser Permanente, and NCQA standards.• Participates in case consultation to select, plan, and evaluate treatment programs.• Collaborates with care teams to plan and direct each individual member’s treatment program.• Facilitates Anxiety Coping Skills, Dialectical Behavioral therapy, Work Stress management, and Substance Use Harm Reduction courses.• Utilizes resources of public and private agencies and community organizations to meet the needs of the members’ treatment.• Selected by professional colleagues to serve as a member of the Local Professional Practice Committee.• Assesses patient crisis level. Authorized to initiate a 5150 hold for patients that are a danger to themselves, a danger to others, or are gravely disabled.• Mentors and supports newly hired clinicians to aid in acclimating to processes regarding the documentation of patient interactions, appointments, and treatment plans utilizing EPIC/Health Connect software in accordance with Kaiser Permanente, and NCQA standards. •Facilitates predoctoral and mental health followship didactic seminars. Show less