Master's Level Mental Health Clinician

Department Summary

University Health and Counseling (UHC) provides comprehensive, public-health informed preventative and clinical services (counseling individual, group, relationships; 14 different medical services and specialties, nursing, pharmacy, diagnostic services), mental health promotion, education, training, outreach, and postvention to the U-M campus community (students, faculty, staff, retirees and guests). An actively merging unit of two accredited departments University Health Service (Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care/AAAHC) and Counseling & Psychological Services (International Association of Counseling Services/IACS) with >220 staff and trainees, UHC provides coordinated, integrated care within the same electronic health record (Epic/MiChart) as Michigan Medicine (MM), where many community members also receive emergency, inpatient, and outpatient care (e.g., MM emergency departments, inpatient services, intensive outpatient programs, partial hospitalization programs, and specialist ambulatory care). UHC operates in two primary locations (Michigan Union, 530 S. State St.; University Health Service, 207 Fletcher St.) as well as in embedded counselor offices in 18 schools/colleges across central and north campus. UHC is a unit of U-M Student Life (SL) and reports to the SL Associate Vice President for Health & Wellbeing and up to the Vice President of Student Life, who is a U-M Executive Officer (EO).

Position Summary

UHC is currently seeking a social worker to assist patients seeking services at UHS. Serving as a clinical liaison between UHS Primary Care, UHS Psychiatry, CAPS, and outside mental health providers, the social worker bridges gaps in the mental health system of care through ongoing assessment, short-term bridge counseling, proactive outreach, consultations with other providers, connection to resources, and follow-up. The social worker additionally supports patients with management of medical needs.

Patient care coordination (90%)

• (50%) Assist primary care patients with management of medical and mental health needs. In collaboration with patients and clinicians, facilitate access to transportation, home health care, and durable medical equipment. Conduct bio-psychosocial assessments and bridging appointments focused on new diagnoses, barriers to care, cultural factors, and treatment plan adherence. Connect patients to available resources that support optimal disease management/recovery. Interact with campus liaisons in Dean of Students;Environmental, Health & Safety; Athletics; Housing; and Dining in infectious disease outbreak setting.
• (40%) Assist UHC patients with management of mental health needs. Facilitate appropriate access to care and timely evaluation by primary care and/or psychiatry providers within UHC. Assess and support patients in crisis, including post-sexual assault. Provide short-term interventions such as motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills training, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Behavioral Activation, and brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Facilitate referral to longer-term resources and to/from higher levels of care. This unique role will have flexibility to be located both at CAPS and UHS.

Administrative and liaison (10%)

• Represent UHC in campus collaborative efforts.
• Participate in benchmarking and quality improvement efforts surrounding primary care.
• Supervise social work intern(s) in tandem with other social workers.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Clinical Social Work
• License to practice social work in the state of Michigan LLMSW, or LMSW

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 2 years experience in direct contact with clients/patients and health care providers.
• At least 2 years experience in a college student health center.
• At least 2 years experience in ambulatory clinic primary care setting.
• Experience working in a fast-paced medical setting.
• Knowledge of Epic/MiChart electronic medical record system.
• Knowledge of campus and local resources.
• Experience with administrative duties such as developing and maintaining a tracking database, and report writing.
• Experience with sexual health concerns.
• Training and experience with EMDR therapy
• Bi-lingual or multi-lingual skills.