Social Worker - MSW - FT - Days - MRH

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 interventions, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Provides assistance with entitlements, medications, transportation, and advance directives.
• 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.
• Supports the department's initiatives, mission, and goals and may take on additional responsibilities at the discretion of leadership.
• Provides psychosocial support and interventions, particularly for individuals with chronic and/or complex medical and behavioral health conditions.
• Affirms patient/family learning needs, styles, and readiness. Educates patients/families based on treatment plan, identifies barriers to care, diversity issues, and learning styles.
• Supports patients with mental health needs during the episode of care, discharge planning to both inpatient and outpatient mental health providers as applicable to the patients' healthcare setting.
• Responsible for identification and referral for specialized services, such as drug and alcohol treatment, legal services, financial and employment counseling, and housing support.
• Provides assessment and intervention in domestic violence and child abuse situations.

Qualifications

• Masters: Social Work (Required)
• A minimum of one (1) year of social work experience in a health care setting.

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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