Social Worker – MSW – FT – Day – MHW

About the role

The Social Worker plays a crucial role in the interdisciplinary team, providing and overseeing psychosocial care for selected patients and families. They conduct bio-psychosocial assessments, provide intervention and treatment as needed, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Identify and refer patients to specialized services like drug and alcohol treatment, legal services, financial and employment counseling, and housing support.
• Support patients with mental health needs during the episode of care, discharge planning to both inpatient and outpatient mental health providers as applicable.
• Collaborate with and provide social work consultation to other disciplines within the healthcare setting and the community.
• Respond to requests for assistance with Social Determinants of Health and advocate for support in the community.
• Refers to and collaborates with Memorial Healthcare System SDOH Hub.
• Afford psychosocial support and interventions, particularly for individuals with chronic and/or complex medical and behavioral health conditions.
• Supports the department's initiatives, mission, and goals and may take on additional responsibilities at the discretion of leadership.
• Performs all aspects of psychosocial discharge planning for chronic conditions and/or long-term custodial care needs for inpatient discharge, community services, outpatient care and any other applicable setting.
• Provides assistance with entitlements, medications, transportation, and advance directives.
• Develops comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments responsive to age-appropriate and cultural needs and concerns.
• Employs a range of clinical interventions such as adjustment to illness counseling, crisis intervention, care coordination, and information and referral and safety planning.
• Advocates on behalf of patients and families to gain access to services and resources.
• Participates in case reviews to evaluate case management and progress.
• Consults with healthcare team members to promote, monitor, and evaluate compliance with patient's treatment plan.
• Provides assessment and intervention in domestic violence and child abuse situations.

Requirements

• Masters: Social Work (Required)
• One (1) year social work experience in a health care setting.

Qualifications

• Must display a high level of flexibility, adaptability and organizational skills.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to prioritize and organize time and functions.
• Must communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, families, and all levels of staff and management.
• Must be able to recognize and manage risks, resolve issues and problems as soon as they arise, report and document adverse events and reportable conditions.
• Must support Memorial Healthcare System’s mission and values.
• Must demonstrate the ability to provide social work services to patient, family members and significant others in four areas: psychological functioning, adaptation to illness, injury, disability or life event, psychosocial assessment/evaluation and facilitation services such as referral community agencies financial planning, and provision of information and resource knowledge.
• Must be able to identify and intervene for suspected abuse including sensitivity to age-specific concerns; physical/emotional/sexual abuse of children and adolescents; domestic abuse for adults; and caretaker/institutional abuse for senior adults.
• Must be able to manage crisis situations, demonstrating ability to quickly appraise the crisis situation and select appropriate intervention.
• Must be able to document direct service in patient’s medical record after each significant encounter.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in use of the electronic medical record.
• Must be able to demonstrate good problem-solving skills, root-cause analysis, and principles of clinical performance improvement.

Skills

• Accountability, Analysis and Decision Making
• Crisis Intervention - Behavioral Health
• Customer Service
• Patient and Family Centered Care
• Problem Solving
• Responding to Change
• Standards of Behavior

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

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