Northern Light Health
Department: Community Care Team
Positions are located: Bangor, Ellsworth, and Waterville
Work Type: Full Time \ 40 Hours per Week \ Mon-Fri from 8 am to 5 pm
- Hybrid with approx. 75% of work remote and 25% travel and home visits in Hancock county and surrounding areas
- Monday to Friday, no weekends, no holidays, no call!
- PSLF (Public Student Loan Forgiveness) eligible
- Supervision provided
Requirements: LCSW or LMSW-CC or LSW, LSW-C with 2 years of experience
To Apply Visit: www.northernlighthealth.org/careers - Search for Job ID below
- 39224 - Bangor
- 39282 - Ellsworth
- 39223 - Waterville
Summary:
Serves in an expanded clinical role to collaborate with patients, Primary Care Providers, practice teams, all community agencies, including, but not limited to, behavioral health, housing authorities, Department of Health and Human Services, transportation and home health organizations, and other medical/specialty services to provide a model of care that ensures the delivery of quality, efficient, and cost-effective healthcare services. Assesses patient needs from a strengths based, person in environment manner, to design and implement, coordinated intervention plans that monitor and evaluate options and services that aid towards meeting the shared goal of optimizing the patient’s physical and bio-psycho-social-spiritual health status and lowering avoidable costs associated with less than optimal health and/or misuse/overuse of medical/community based services. The Social Worker works collaboratively within Beacon Health’s care coordination program and all care team members to ensure patient needs are met and care delivery is coordinated, and not duplicated, across the healthcare continuum. The expertise of the Social Worker is sought to assess and intervene with bio-psycho-social-spiritual barriers to patient’s engaging with the healthcare system in a manner that promotes optimal health. Utilizes evidence based shared decision making models, brief treatment models, motivational interviewing, and other evidence based treatment interventions to encourage positive behavior change in order to assist patients to achieve their highest level of function.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Maine: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
License/Certification:
- LCSW or LMSW-CC (Preferred)
- LSW, LSW-C with 2 years of experience (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
