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Job Details

Lead Caseworker - Psych CBHC Administration

Requisition Number: 11219

Pay Range: $27.56 - $42.85 per hour

Location: CHA Malden Care Center 
Work Days: M-F 8 hours/day
Category: Human and Social Services
Department: Psych - CBHC Administration  
Job Type: Full time  
Work Shift: Day / Evening 
Hours/Week: 40.00 
Union Name: Union of Social Workers

Department Description

Exciting opportunity to provide new models of care for walk-in/urgent care access including days, evenings and weekends. The new CHA CBHC Cambrridge and Malden program provides behavioral health evaluation, resource referral, and initial treatment services for individuals of all ages.

In addition to performing the standard Case Worker duties, play a lead role in the mentoring of the Case Workers in Psychiatry, and represents the role at a departmental level in terms of program development, implementation of systems, and overall program evaluation.

The Lead Case Worker for Outpatient Psychiatry Department (OPD) helps individual clinicians, and the overall department, by working directly with patients to assess and identify all psychosocial needs, help them and their families access vital services to address these needs, and consolidate available resources to facilitate these connections. By providing this support, the OPD Case Worker should help improve both patients’ and providers’ experience of care, enabling Mental Health clinicians to spend more time delivering professional services, and connecting patients to services that are vital for improving their overall health, functional status, and quality of life.

Education/Training: 
  • Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or equivalent Human Service field required; Master’s in Social Work or equivalent Human
  • Service field would be a plus.
  • Work Experience: 1-3 years of related work experience required. Experience with relevant community groups, direct health service delivery, and past work in mental health and multicultural settings is strongly preferred.


 

Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

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