Travel Social Work - Social Worker
Pittsfield, MA
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

SOCIAL WORKER FOR THIS NEED WILL BE EXPECTED TO PERFORM FAICITIY CRISIS  EVALUATIONS IN THE ED/ER. THE CLIENT IS ONLY GOING TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE TRAVELERS RESPECTIVES.TRAVELER MUST BE ABLE TO "PASS" A PHYSICAL (Work without restrictions, "fit for duty") AHSA Agency Partner Please Note: Effective Immediately,  You MUST include your AGENCY Massachusetts Temporary Nursing Service Agency License (Nursing Pool) license up front with all Berkshire Health System nursing submissions. This license is required by the state of MA in order to staff for temporary needs. If you have questions on this requirement, please visit:    We cannot consider your candidate for consideration without this license uploaded with traveler profile.  Thank you!  CC The Behavioral Health
Integration (BHI) clinician is an independently licensed behavioral health
professional who works as a member of the primary care team(s) within BFS
practices. The role of the BHI clinician is to work collaboratively with the
primary care team to ensure that the BH care needs of patients are met.
Behavioral health needs in this context include but are not limited to specific
BH symptoms and suspected psychiatric illness. BH needs may also include
behavioral and emotional factors that are influencing patients’ physical health
and wellness. The BHI clinician assists the primary care patients and teams in the
following ways: administration of BH screening measures, assistance in
interpretation of screening results and provision of brief treatment to
patients. With a focus on assessment, stabilization and evidence-based brief
treatment, the BHI clinician will see patient over a course of 4-6 sessions.
Patients in need of care beyond the 4 to 6 sessions will be assisted with
referral and connection to an appropriate resource for care in the community.
BHI clinicians will be expected to maintain a productivity level of 75%, or 6
hours / day of direct clinical care.In addition, the BHI clinician regularly provides consultation and support to
the primary care team re: BH issues that arise in the routine care of primary
care patients. The BHI clinician will work closely with a psychiatric provider to assist with
patients in need of a psychiatric diagnostic evaluation and/or psychotropic
medication, as well as to facilitate communication between the psychiatric
provider and the primary care team regarding treatment recommendations.Ability to administer standardized measures for assessing
depression and anxiety baseline scores; use of data registry to monitor
progress over time using a treat-to-target approach.Capability to adapt to a brief, solution-focused approach to
clinical practice.Knowledge of community and outpatient behavioral health resources.Effective communication skills with patients, family, physicians,
ancillary providers.Ability to form rapid engagement and alliance building with
patients.Ability to maintain and monitor confidentiality of patient
records.Ability
to work in an independent and self-directed manner.AT LEAST TWO SPECIFIC INTERVIEW DATES/TIMES OF AVAILABILITY FOR INTERVIEW MUST BE ADDED TO PROFILE - PROFILES WILL NOT BE PRESENTED WITHOUT THIS INFORMATION.  "ANYTIME" WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. BERKSHIRE WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY LOCAL TRAVELERS FOR THIS NEED (who reside within 50 miles of facility)Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload.  RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!!  NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).   RTO during this block will not be approved.  Thanks!  COVID VACCINATION (dose date on or after 10/3/23) NOW REQUIRED FOR THIS HEALTH SYSTEM. Exemption forms are available in Trio/Downloadable Forms (Both forms REQUIRE Provider/Religious Leader Signatures), or please ask your delivery team for documents.  IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission. Thank you! 8hrs non-billable orientationHoliday and OT Multipliers - 1.25%
Submission Requirements

TRAVELER MUST BE ABLE TO "PASS" A PHYSICAL (Work without restrictions, "fit for duty") - REQUIREDThree years of experience in psychiatric, community mental health,
or health care setting in direct clinical care.Master’s degree in social work or related clinical healthcare
field required.Familiarity with evidence-based brief treatment; Behavioral
Activation, Problem Solving Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy.Prior experience with integration of behavioral health and primary
care, wellness and population health desirable.Experience in providing education on behavioral health topics to
patients, families & health care providers is preferred.LICSW - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in MA or
LMHC Licensed Mental Health Counselor in MATraveler must have their own vehicle for this needProfile Requirements:Work HistorySkills Checklist (pertinent to position), current to 1 year 1 Supervisory Signed Reference (from within the past two years of employment)License/Certifications - Must be uploaded with profile 

Certification Requirements

BLS (AHA)
CPI

State License Requirements

Massachusetts

Additional License Requirements

LICSC - LICENSED INDEPENDENT CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER LICENSE (MA) REQUIRED

About the Facility

BMC is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given BMC Straight "A" grades since the inception of Leapfrog's patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.Berkshire Medical Center offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. BMC has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.BMC has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its DistinguBMC Home.jpgished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America's Best Hospitals in 2016. BMC is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission. As a medical center affiliated with Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Medical Center, its Hillcrest Campus and North Adams Campus serve all residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts and communities in adjacent eastern New York, northwest Connecticut and southwest Vermont.