Social Worker II

About the Role

Under general oversight, functions as a member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide case management, crisis intervention, biopsychosocial assessments, counseling, referral, treatment/discharge planning, and other general social work services to target the diverse psychosocial and emotional needs of patients, families, and groups in their practice area.

Responsibilities

• Interviews patients to assess functional level according to professional standards.
• Completes psychosocial and screening tools with direct supervision.
• Assesses safety risks as a means of determining appropriate disposition for patients.
• Develops a plan of care and treatment/discharge plans that are reviewed with the interdisciplinary team or supervisor.
• Provides timely and appropriate crisis intervention services and proactively utilizes de-escalation strategies with patients.
• Evaluates patient’s social determinants of health and methods used within the practice settings to improve quality of care.
• Seeks feedback to assess individual work and assure ethical standards.
• Evaluates patient’s progress toward established goals.
• Provides preventive, protective, or supportive services to patients and/or families.
• Completes mandatory reporting for patients who are in or who are threatened by situations detrimental to their well-being.
• Maintains working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact on patient care.
• Coordinates and documents appropriate referrals/linkages and keeps the patient, family, and care team informed of referrals made.
• Provides patients and family members with counseling regarding coping techniques for illness and care planning.
• Creates a theoretically grounded therapeutic framework for effective problem solving with patient and family.
• Receives clinical feedback of assessments, planning, interventions, and overall plan of care.
• Conducts individual and/or group education sessions to assist patients/families in addressing and managing healthcare conditions.
• Advocates for patients and their practice area, to explore strategies that reduce resource consumption and provide efficient care.
• Recognizes and identifies systematic challenges impacting individual patients and the impact to their health, well-being, and access to care.
• Documents all work in a timely manner pertaining to the care setting or required by regulatory standards.
• Only discloses information necessarily with an ROI.
• Notifies patients of their informed consent for treatment, as applicable.
• Maintains privacy and security of all confidential and protected health information.
• Completes all specific job tasks within their assigned department as outlined by supervisor.

Skills

• Demonstrate skill in:
  • General social work and/or case management practice areas;
  • Completing social work functions under supervision, including biopsychosocial assessment, resource coordination, case management, psychoeducation, referral, information gathering, therapy, counseling, mental health diagnosis, consultation, advocacy;
  • Effective critical thinking;
  • Communications both written and oral;
  • Age-appropriate interpersonal interactions (patients may range from newborn to geriatric adult).
• Ability to:
  • Communicate and collaborate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders (i.e., colleagues, medical staff, liaisons, patient, family);
  • Assess, adapt, and calmly respond to changing and/or crisis environments;
  • Make decisions consistent with current policies, procedures, and ethical standards while operating under supervision;
  • Prioritize work assignments and manage time effectively to complete duties;
  • Understand and follow written and verbal instruction.
• Adhere to the professional principles and standards of practice consistent with underlying core values of the profession, as outlined by the NASW Code of Ethics.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work accredited by Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker) licensure from the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.
• Minimum one (1) year of related experience is required.

Schedule

Mon-Fri day shift (7a-3:30p, 7:30a-4p, or 8a-4:30p).