Social Worker - Neurology - Clinical - Full Time

About the Role

This position is specifically for a memory clinic or to work with patients with dementia and cognitive impairment. The Social Worker is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities.

Responsibilities

• Provide education and consultation regarding resources.
• Collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation.
• Assist patient/family in adjusting to and coping with illness, diagnosis, treatment options, and prognosis.
• Mobilize resources to reduce risk through advanced practice skills.
• Serve as a liaison between the hospital and the community.
• Offer crisis interventions to patient/family.
• Identify appropriate community resources for assigned caseload.
• Work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams, and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the organization.
• Maintain a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly for patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work.
• LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure required.
• Social work or protective services experience preferred.
• Working knowledge/experience in utilization management, managed care, and payor issues preferred.
• Experience in psychosocial and therapeutic counseling preferred.
• Ability to interview, assess, organize, and problem solve.
• Possess interpersonal communication and negotiation skills.
• Analytical, data management, and PC skills.
• Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.
• Ability to work independently and develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary teams, and other community agencies.
• Ability to analyze, develop, and manage change; integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles.
• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded, and adaptable to change.
• Demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families, and other staff.

Schedule

This position requires travel between assigned locations in Detroit (Fairlane) and West Bloomfield following a predetermined weekly schedule. Employees report to one designated location per day; no same-day travel between sites is required.

Shift: Day Job