BM Social Worker II

Schedule:

Full-Time Position

Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Pasco, WA

Tri-Cities Community Health (TCCH) is looking for a BM Social Worker who has a passion for helping others. We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Social Worker with experience working with both children and adults. The ideal candidate will focus on helping clients navigate and overcome emotional, behavioral, and social challenges in a therapeutic setting.

TCCH clinics offer Monday-Friday day shifts, with no weekends or holidays, competitive salaries and benefits, while providing careers in a fast-paced work environment and opportunities for professional development.

We employ a highly diversified group of talented individuals who are dedicated to fulfilling our mission to provide the highest quality patient care with the greatest degree of professionalism and courtesy regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.

Our Mission: 

We exist because people matter.

Who are we?

Our community health center began as a modest sized medical clinic in Pasco, Washington in 1981. The clinic was founded by a small group of women in the Pasco community who saw the need to serve low-income community members who could not afford to pay for healthcare.

Tri-Cities Community Health has grown into a comprehensive non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where we have evolved into a network of community health centers that continue with the foundation TCCH was built on and serve an even more diverse population in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas.

Our Opportunity: 

Under the general supervision of the Mental Health Clinical Supervisor, the BM Social Worker II, offers assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic interventions to meet client driven goals which assist with managing mental health symptoms and psychosocial issues. An autonomous role that coordinates, negotiates, procures services and resources for, and manages the care of complex patients to facilitate stabilization and maintaining the most optimum living conditions for the client in the least restrictive setting. 

Provides clinically based and empirically supported therapeutic interventions and care coordination to facilitate the stabilization and management of mentally ill clients and assists in the identification of appropriate utilization of resources across the continuum of care. Unmet needs of clients and the community will be evaluated and responded appropriately by creating group opportunities, psycho-education, community outreach and other duties as needed. 

The BM Social Worker works collaboratively with interdisciplinary staff internal and external to the organization. Participates in quality improvement and evaluation processes related to the overall management of clients care in the community mental health setting. Delivers direct service to clients in the form of individual, family, and group therapy. Works with a variety of ages and presenting problems.

Essential Functions:

• Directs, coordinates, and provides mental health therapy and coordination to clients in caseload.
• Interacts, communicates, and intervenes with multidisciplinary team in a purposeful, goal-directed fashion. Works proactively to maximize the effectiveness of resource utilization and client service delivery. 
• Maintains current knowledge of therapeutic modalities, therapeutic interventions, and agency guidelines for treatment, as specified by federal, state, and private insurance guidelines.
• Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible and courteous environment.
• Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intra departmentally to facilitate the department's/unit's ability to meet its goals and objectives.

**This is a bargaining unit position**

Wage: $38.15 - 49.36 per hour (Typically starts from $38.15-41.30)

Education: Master’s degree in Social Work or related discipline that would meet the requirements for licensure. 

Experience: One year experience in a mental health setting preferred.

License/Certification: Social Worker Independent Clinical License (LICSW). Current Driver’s license and auto insurance required. CPR/First Aid preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Bilingual (English/Spanish) language skills preferred. Strong written, oral communication and interpersonal skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Word & Excel), and ability to work independently required.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off - Sick, Vacation, and Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible Health Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account
• CME Reimbursement (if applicable)
• Retirement - 403(b) with matching contributions
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Life Insurance

Tri-Cities Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law