Clinician vs clinical social worker

Differences between clinician and clinical social worker duties and responsibilities

Clinician example responsibilities.

• Perform thorough substance abuse assessments incorporating instruments such as ASAM, SASSI and urine drug screens; provide individual therapy.
• Spearhead the development of rehabilitation programs serving adults with chemical dependency and mental health diagnoses with the manager.
• Follow all ethical CARF standards when treating the residential client.
• Facilitate stabilization, assessment, care and compassion for those in critical need.
• Provide CBT and motivational interviewing for individual and group therapy to clients' who are on methadone.
• Used motivational interviewing to lead recovery and therapy groups for IOP and PHP programs in the evenings and on weekends.
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Clinical social worker example responsibilities.

• Understand manage care, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
• Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Provide clinical services to patients in rehabilitation and oncology including assessment, crisis intervention, grief therapy, and discharge planning.
• Provide individual, group, family therapy, team coordination, discharge planning, utilization review and MSW student supervision.
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to determine Medicare length of skil nursing stay.
• Facilitate therapy, symptom management, and rehabilitation groups for mental health clients in partial hospitalization setting.
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