Clinical Social Worker Team Lead - LICSW

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 duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. 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 assessment and intervention in crisis situations that often involve issues of suicide, homicide, family violence, elder or child abuse.
• Evaluates the home and family situation, helps the patient and family to develop an in-home care plan, explores alternatives to in-home care and arranges for placement if necessary.
• Treats patients and families with dignity and respect at all times. Offers time for questions and answers; demonstrates empathy in communication while working toward optimal health goals.
• Assists with 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.
• Engages in professional organizations, grant writing, teaching, public presentations, seminars and workshops.
• 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.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).
• Five (5) years of related experience including one (1) year supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in inpatient psychiatric or mental health setting working with major mental illness, dementia, and or the elderly.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).
• Five (5) years of related experience including one (1) year supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in inpatient psychiatric or mental health setting working with major mental illness, dementia, and or the elderly.

Skills & Abilities

Possesses and applies the skills and knowledge necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

Knowledge of casework process and community resources in relation to health (including mental health), illness, and disability.

Knowledge of current social work theory and practice, the ability to apply treatment and case management methods, and familiarity with community issues and resources.

Understanding of organizational theory and practice in large systems and the knowledge of social and health care policies and systems.

High degree of diagnostic, treatment, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.

Analytical skills required assessing patient needs, to develop associated treatment modalities and to provide effective counseling.

Computer skills and knowledge of general office programs, spreadsheet programs, database programs, and presentation programs (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).

Ability to read/write and communicate in English.

Excellent interpersonal skills.

Ability to function well in very busy situations.

Responsible and reliable.

Good organization skills.

Ability to engage a wide variety of patients and collaterals in the acute treatment and discharge planning process.

Ability to identify and access community resources.

At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day. The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals. Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.

Pay Range: $84,300.22 - $107,481.20