Location: CHA Cambridge Hospital 

Work Days: 20 hours days, evenings, weekends  

Category: Social Work  

Department: CBHC Cambridge Urgent Care  

Job Type: Part Time 

Work Shift: Various Shifts 

Hours/Week: 20.00 

Union Name: Union of Social Workers

Social Worker for Follow Up After Hospitalization for Mental Illness

CHA is engaged in a high-priority hospital improvement initiative to improve the rate of outpatient follow up after treatment for mental illness. Providing follow-up care to patients after psychiatric hospitalization can improve patient outcomes, decrease the likelihood of re-hospitalization and the overall cost of outpatient care. Yet individuals hospitalized for mental health disorders often do not receive adequate follow-up care. The Behavioral Health Urgent Care/Access Service provides short-term transitional care for patients transitioning to the community from acute levels of care. The individual hired for this position will provide brief, virtual, follow-up interventions following inpatient hospitalization, and facilitate patient engagement in outpatient care. They will also play a key role in the quality improvement initiative, and will collaborate with patients, their families, members of the multidisciplinary BHUC/Access team, and Inpatient Social Workers.

Qualifications:

• Qualifications: Education/Training: Master's degree Social Work or Counseling
• Licensure: Current MA licensure as LMHC, LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker), or LCSW (Licensed Certified Social Worker) considered with eligibility for licensure of LICSW within one year. 
• Expertise in engaging with patients dealing with serious mental illness, as well as motivational interviewing ,short-term and behaviorally-oriented therapies (e.g cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma focused-CBT, dialectical behavior therapy, parent management training) is preferred.
• Must be credentialed by the CHA Medical Staff for practice in relevant clinical areas.
• Bilingual in Portuguese, Spanish, or Haitian Creole is strongly preferred. 

This is a fully remote position. 

 
In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.