MSW-Social Worker

Job Responsibility

• Performs psychosocial assessment of patients and families.
• Provides introduction and orientation to newly admitted patients/families.
• Evaluates new admissions by interviewing patients and families, contacting other agencies, if indicated, and reviewing available information.
• Prepares psychosocial assessments of patients and families using knowledge and understanding of needs of adults/geriatrics.
• Prepares comprehensive care plans.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Maintains documentation of initial contacts with patient/families and of psychosocial assessments.
• Formulates and implements psychosocial treatment plans.
• Employs clinical skills in counseling individuals and families regarding coping/adjusting to illness and placement and discharge planning.
• Formulates and implements discharge plans.
• Establishes and maintains professional relationship with patients and families.
• Incorporates knowledge of community resources and entitlement programs in planning.
• Negotiates community systems and programs.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team.
• Implements and continuously evaluates treatment plans.
• Provides social work services in accordance with required standards.
• Utilizes knowledge of financial/reimbursement/regulatory systems and requirements in providing services to patients and families.
• Completes MDS forms, as required.
• Anticipates needs/problems in case management.
• Maintains documentation of case activity/data.
• Identifies unmet psychosocial needs and develops programs to address them.
• Collaborates with staff to identify unmet needs.
• Participates with staff in group functioning – Patient Council and other patient/family groups.
• Collaborates with staff in coordinating family groups.
• Utilizes knowledge of Social Work treatment modalities in assessing program needs.
• Represents the facility and department when meeting with community agencies.

Job Qualification

• Master's Degree in Social Work, required.
• LMSW required within one (1) year of employment, required.
• Clinical experience, preferred.