Medical Social Worker II

About the role

Provides biopsychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short term counseling, advocacy, and linkage to resources and planning for transitions of care for patients and their families/significant others of all ages in any patient care setting. Provides psycho-education and may facilitate support groups. Provides consultation on psychosocial aspects of care as a member of the interdisciplinary team; serves as a liaison to community programs and collaborates with the multidisciplinary treatment on discharge planning. May provide education to staff and other hospital departments and participates on committees as requested.

Responsibilities

• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments
• Provide crisis intervention
• Deliver short-term counseling
• Provide advocacy and linkage to resources
• Plan transitions of care
• Offer psycho-education
• Facilitate support groups
• Consult on psychosocial aspects of care as part of interdisciplinary team
• Serve as liaison to community programs
• Collaborate on discharge planning with multidisciplinary team
• Provide education to staff and other hospital departments
• Participate on committees as requested

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work

Skills

• Clinical skills in biopsychosocial assessment and clinical interventions, including crisis intervention, intervention with patient/family behavioral issues, grief counseling, supportive counseling, adjustment to illness, life review/end of life support, behavioral change therapy, motivational interviewing, short-term family counseling, group facilitation
• Collaboration skills and ability to work effectively on a team