Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and
therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms
Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group /
family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and
families Provide clients and
family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with
family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor
Use these forms instead of the General Intake Package, if the counselling is for a child or youth under the age of 18, or if you are seeking
family therapy and plan to have children or youth present in the
sessions (there are additional forms to
complete for child or
family therapy).
Families were randomized to therapists who received a 10 - week training course prior to intervention and designated at the end of the study by
therapy outcome: 1) terminated after 1
session, 2) terminated after several
sessions with no resolution of problems, 3) competed treatment but still had some problems, or 4)
completed treatment, with no remaining problems.
- System for Observing
Family Therapy Alliances - SOFTA (completed by the family therapist and participants at Family Therapy sess
Family Therapy Alliances - SOFTA (
completed by the
family therapist and participants at Family Therapy sess
family therapist and participants at
Family Therapy sess
Family Therapy session 3)