Director of Social Services and Behavioral Health

The Director, Social Services is responsible for the daily oversight of social work and behavioral health programming for the Intensive Outpatient Program and Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit.

This Director also oversees and provides clinical supportive supervision within the scope of practice to the inpatient and outpatient Social Services providers of the department. As an organization leader, this position shares accountability for facilitating organizational and department goals using effective leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities that ensure achievement of expected results for patient/customer service, employment engagement, financial health, business growth and quality/safety outcomes.

Education

Required: Masters degree in Social Work (MSW), counseling, or marriage & family therapy.

Experience

Required: Five (5) years working in the behavioral health field, with one year of acute psychiatric and/or intensive outpatient program management or supervision. In addition a minimum of 3 years clinical social work/supervisory experience required.

Licenses/Certifications

Required: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required; American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) BLS, Handle With Care (HWC) certification required within 30 days of start date.

Oro Valley Hospital (OVH) is a 146-bed hospital that also has a freestanding emergency center and large physician group. With these varied access points, you have your choice of settings in which to work. Oro Valley Hospitals culture centers around providing safe, quality care to patients, but also to foster a work environment based on teamwork, commitment to a shared goal and recognizing employees for all they do to care for our patients. Often described as a family, the staff at OVH take pride in doing the best they can to care for their community. OVH is accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer: race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor priority referral Protected Veterans requested.