Clinical Social Worker, LICSW (Attleboro)

About the role

The Clinical Social Worker, LICSW I, provides patient and family centered care through clinical psychosocial assessment and intervention, including crisis response, individual, couples, family, and group interventions, and short-term bereavement support.

Responsibilities

• Provides biopsychosocial assessment and intervention, crisis intervention, coordination of psychosocial services, and consultation, to reduce cancer-related distress and improve quality of life for patients, families, and caregivers across the trajectory of cancer care.
• Affirms the rights of patients, families, caregivers and the community at large and provides recommendations for systemic change.
• Facilitates complex serious illness and goals of care conversations to ensure shared treatment decision-making and effective patient-physician communication.
• Communicates clinical assessment and recommendations and provides consultation and support to interdisciplinary health care team.
• Initiates collaboration with interdisciplinary team to manage psychosocial barriers that limit patients’/families’/caregivers’ ability to access and/or engage in recommended medical care.
• Provides education/consultation regarding impact of cancer on patients and families/caregivers to community, and provides consultation, education, and program development (e.g., support groups, psychoeducational forums, etc.) within the disease-based or service-based team and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provides in-person and/or telehealth services to patients and families/caregivers; method of communication (i.e., in person/phone/Zoom video) is based on clinical assessment.
• Provides clinical coverage in other social workers’ absence(s).

Requirements

• Master of Social Work
• 2 years social work practice as an LCSW required; health care setting preferred.
• LICSW in MA (and state specific based on location).

Qualifications

• Knowledge of interventions for patients with psychosocial needs inclusive of mental health, behavioral health, emotional, relational, and other social needs.
• Knowledge of various behavioral health interventions related to common issues and needs across the oncology continuum of care.
• Knowledge of interdisciplinary teamwork and team dynamics, scope of key partnerships and interprofessional roles.
• Knowledge of social work clinical psychosocial care concepts, practices, and policies with demonstrated ability to use them in varied situations; may require clinical consultation to plan and implement in complex situations.
• Ability to facilitate understanding and resolution of problems related to patient/family/caregiver interpersonal conflict, mental health and/or substance use concerns or disorders.
• Ability to provide guidance/ consultation to the team around complex patient management, including ethical issues; may require clinical consultation to plan and implement in complex situations.
• Ability to facilitate patient and family/caregiver participation in oncology care, with ability to recommend and contribute to team and/or family/caregiver meetings.
• Ability to make clinical decisions guided by experience, policies, consultation, and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to actively participate in team meetings related to care planning in the setting of disruptive/challenging patient/family/caregiver/support person behavior.
• Ability to understand and communicate information to interdisciplinary team, patients, families, caregivers, and community partners (e.g., agencies, professional organizations, etc.).
• Ability to be sensitive, responsive to, and advocate for the needs of diverse populations in the setting of serious illness; including but not limited to diversity in gender identity, age, culture, race, religion, socioeconomic status, abilities, and sexual orientation.
• Ability to adjust to change within a fast-paced working environment.
• Ability to integrate professional ethical principles (e.g., confidentiality, boundaries) and adhere to relevant professional, departmental, and organizational standards for patient and family care.
• Ability to write clear and complete biopsychosocial assessments, progress notes, and other forms of documentation in the EMR, keeping with Divisional and Institutional policies.
• Adheres to Social Work Division practice and administrative standards and policies (e.g., HIPAA, high-risk sign out, scheduling).

Skills

• Knowledge of interventions for patients with psychosocial needs inclusive of mental health, behavioral health, emotional, relational, and other social needs.
• Knowledge of various behavioral health interventions related to common issues and needs across the oncology continuum of care.
• Knowledge of interdisciplinary teamwork and team dynamics, scope of key partnerships and interprofessional roles.
• Knowledge of social work clinical psychosocial care concepts, practices, and policies with demonstrated ability to use them in varied situations; may require clinical consultation to plan and implement in complex situations.
• Ability to facilitate understanding and resolution of problems related to patient/family/caregiver interpersonal conflict, mental health and/or substance use concerns or disorders.
• Ability to provide guidance/ consultation to the team around complex patient management, including ethical issues; may require clinical consultation to plan and implement in complex situations.
• Ability to facilitate patient and family/caregiver participation in oncology care, with ability to recommend and contribute to team and/or family/caregiver meetings.
• Ability to make clinical decisions guided by experience, policies, consultation, and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to actively participate in team meetings related to care planning in the setting of disruptive/challenging patient/family/caregiver/support person behavior.
• Ability to understand and communicate information to interdisciplinary team, patients, families, caregivers, and community partners (e.g., agencies, professional organizations, etc.).
• Ability to be sensitive, responsive to, and advocate for the needs of diverse populations in the setting of serious illness; including but not limited to diversity in gender identity, age, culture, race, religion, socioeconomic status, abilities, and sexual orientation.
• Ability to adjust to change within a fast-paced working environment.
• Ability to integrate professional ethical principles (e.g., confidentiality, boundaries) and adhere to relevant professional, departmental, and organizational standards for patient and family care.

Benefits

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations.

Pay

$87,000.00 - $102,173.00

Schedule

Full-time, hybrid (3 days onsite; 2 days remote)