Licensed Social Worker Ambulatory Wailuku - Full-Time Day Shift

About the Role

Provides social work services including assessment, care planning, and case coordination to patients and their families. Offers consultation to staff and other healthcare providers, initiates social work plans of care, and serves as a liaison between Kaiser Permanente and the community to integrate services and coordinate care.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and evaluates assessments, develops and implements social work service plans.
• Provides psychosocial assessment, diagnostic impressions, treatment for individuals, couples, families, and groups, and evaluates practice effectiveness.
• Applies knowledge base, theoretical concepts, and functional skills to effect change in human behavior, emotional responses, and social conditions.
• Performs case management, coordination, intervention, and monitoring of social work service plans.
• Provides information, resource identification, referral services, mediation, advocacy, and education.
• Coordinates services and ensures appropriate patient placement.
• Assists with administration, development, implementation, and evaluation of social work programs and policies.
• Conducts social work consultation and resource development.
• Participates in development activities to stay current with trends in medical social work.
• Engages in performance improvement and implements Quality Improvement processes.
• Assists with the development and implementation of the department’s annual work plan.
• Performs clinical record audits and maintains educational records.
• Conducts research on social work programs, social systems, and social policies.
• Documents according to departmental standards, Federal, and State regulations.
• Participates in departmental functions such as staff meetings, in-services, and committees.
• Assists in the orientation of new personnel.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Hawaii) or Licensed Social Worker (Hawaii).
• Basic Life Support certification required at hire from the American Heart Association.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum one year of social work experience.
• Healthcare experience working with medical diagnoses.
• Demonstrated ability in networking with community agencies.

Schedule

• Full-time, standard worker.
• Shift: Day, Monday through Friday.
• Working hours: 08:00 AM to 05:00 PM.
• Travel: Yes, 50% of the time.

Pay

Pay range: $77,100 - $99,770 per year. Actual base pay determined at offer based on labor market data, internal alignment, and candidate’s relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.

Work Setting

Flexible worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente’s Authorized States policy.