Clinical Social Worker - LCSW

About the role

This role focuses on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of patients and can provide services if necessary. It involves performing the following Social Work duties:

• Provides social work assistance to patients and families relating to illness, disease, hospitalization and life events in all areas of service as a member of multi-disciplinary team and in liaison with community resources.
• Identifies, assesses, and coordinates cases and anticipates needs related to illness, hospitalization, finances, education, and home/community service.

Responsibilities

The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

• Provides psychosocial assessment of the individual and family, including limitations, deficits and strengths in their current situation and environment, as well as functional level.
• Develops treatment plans with appropriate and competent interventions.
• Responsible for psychosocial assessments and interventions in crisis situations that often involve issues of suicide, homicide, family violence, elder or child abuse.
• Demonstrates sound clinical judgment in assessing the patient's needs for long-term care, including evaluating the home and family situation, helping the patient and family to develop an in-home care plan, exploring alternatives to in-home care and arranging for placement if necessary.
• Provides treatment, therapy, psycho-education and/or counseling utilizing individual, family or group modalities.
• Provides information, referral and creative resource acquisition for specific individual and family needs both within the Hospital and in the community as indicated.
• Aids the team in understanding and integrating the significance of psychosocial factors in relation to patient's illness, treatment and recovery.
• Identifies psychosocial issues that may impede progress. Makes recommendations to the team regarding patient/family care and management.
• Aids in discharge planning issues to ensure continuity of care.
• Formulates, coordinates and implements the psychosocial components of outpatient care.
• Serves as a patient/family advocate with a variety of systems both internally and externally as required. May be called upon to testify in court.
• Ensures clinical documentation is complete and according to departmental standards.
• Performs other administrative documentation and record keeping, such as accountability and statistical reports, billing forms, student intern evaluations, performance evaluations, etc. in complete and timely manner.
• Initiates policy and program development in specific service area or team, utilizing knowledge of state-of-the-art programs and promoting social work values such as patient self-determination and social justice.
• Initiates, participates in and supports policy and program development in the Department of Social Work Services.
• Serves on departmental committees.
• Represents the profession and Department in hospital and community meetings and committees.
• Participates in social work professional education, supervision and teaching activities; supervises or trains staff social workers, student interns, house staff, nurses, medical students, and volunteers as required.
• Maintains collaborative, team relationships with peers and colleagues in order to effectively contribute to the working groups achievement of goals, and to help foster a positive work environment.
• Continually monitors, assesses and modifies his/her own social work practice and programs.
• Conducts quality improvement activities and research regarding service delivery and effectiveness of interventions, as required.
• Conducts or participates in professional organizations, grant writing, teaching, public presentations, seminars and workshops.
• May supervise staff social workers, social work associates, social work interns, parent consultants, house staff, nurses, medical students and volunteers as required.
• Responsible for making recommendations to the Director of Social Work Services regarding service delivery gaps, systemic issues and program development.
• Ensures compliance within guidelines set forth by regulatory agencies (DPH, ERISA etc.) and demonstrates compliance with Home Health Foundation policies and procedures.
• P Practices confidentiality principles set by the agency and federal HIPAA/HITECH guidelines.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited institution.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• Licensure in NH may be required depending on assigned territory and operational need.
• One (1) year of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three (3) years of related experience.