Manager, Social Work Services - United Memorial Medical Center

About the role

To manage Social Work Services and supervise the Social Work staff, including Medicaid Specialists, office support, and interpreters. Supports hospital and department policies and goals.

Responsibilities

• Provides supervision for Social Workers, Home Health Coordinators, and office support.
• Demonstrates knowledge and adherence to the organization’s personnel policies and Social Work Services policies.
• Demonstrates ability to impart the above policies to supervisees and staff.
• Makes sure job performance of supervisees is monitored throughout the year through staff meetings, chart review, and observation.
• Participates in decision-making regarding scheduling available coverage of vacancies.
• Initiates staff hiring, disciplinary action, performance appraisals, and individual counseling.
• Screens applicants within a reasonable period of receiving resumes for openings.
• Ensures orientation is provided to new staff.
• Ensures new employees complete the mandatory inservices.
• Completes performance appraisals annually and competencies.
• Fulfills Human Resource policies for the disciplinary process.
• Manages Social Work Services.
• Revises and reviews service policies as needed, at least every 3 years.
• Develops and administers service budgets.
• Acts as hospital liaison and maintains good working relationship with certified home care agencies.
• Learns and participates in management training opportunities.
• Coordinates the Quality Improvement program of the Service.
• Coordinates or conducts Quality Improvement studies annually in order to assure the quality of social work interventions with patients and families.
• Acts as Service liaison to various community organizations.
• Maintains good working relationships with long-term care facilities and community agencies.
• Attends or designates a representative to the Quality Improvement Committee and actively participates as observed by committee members.
• Participates in community task forces and committees.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work or equivalent.
• 5 years of increasingly responsible experience within the field of social work, preferably in a hospital setting.
• New York license in Social Work.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong analytical, computer, and communication skills.

Physical Requirements

Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Pay

$69,000.00 - $102,000.00

Location

Batavia, 14020