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Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Sentara Health · Woodbridge, NJ · 1 wk ago
Full-time

About the role

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) will participate as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team to establish comprehensive and integrated plans for each patient. This role involves both delivering clinical services and making referrals to appropriate community resources and other professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Participates in the assessment of social, psychological, cultural, environmental, and financial situations, as well as disposition needs, for each assigned patient.
  • Provides individualized care to address the needs of the patient and family, including physical, psychological, socio-cultural, spiritual, and cognitive needs.
  • Collects and reviews patient-specific data to perform patient assessments and communicate these assessments appropriately.
  • Assesses patient/family learning needs, plans and provides education, and evaluates the effectiveness of teaching to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Includes patients and families in planning care and evaluating programs and outcomes.
  • Demonstrates effective use of the social work process to deliver individualized care to patients.
  • Plans care based on the assessment, evaluates patient progress, and revises care to attain expected outcomes.
  • Identifies and responds appropriately to ethical issues in patient care, providing support in a non-judgmental manner that respects patient diversity and acknowledges patients' rights.
  • Integrates principles of age-specific care into all aspects of practices.
  • Provides clinical intervention, consultation as a member of the multidisciplinary team, and crisis intervention services.
  • Facilitates referral to other psychiatric/psychological professionals and community resources/agencies as needed.
  • Provides individual, family, and group counseling as needed.
  • Regularly participates as a member of the multidisciplinary team, including attendance at rounds.
  • Develops and implements a patient plan of care to address identified psychosocial problems or needs.
  • Makes regular monitoring of the progress of the plan, evaluates outcomes, and modifies the plan as needed.
  • Provides bereavement counseling for patients, families, and members of the staff.
  • Regularly provides consultation to the other members of the professional team related to identified problems or issues.
  • Identifies patients who are at high risk for non-compliance or failure to adhere to the prescribed regimen and develops and implements a comprehensive plan.

Requirements

A minimum of 2 years of social work experience is required.

Qualifications

A master's degree in Social Work is required.

Skills

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) certification is required.

Benefits

  • Caring For Your Family and Your Career
  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000 Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the provided information.

Schedule

Hybrid work opportunity available after an initial training period and once a caseload is established.

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