Team Lead, Clinical Social Worker, LICSW

About the role

This role focuses on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of patients and can provide services if necessary. It involves performing the following Social Work duties:

• Provides social work assistance to patients and families relating to illness, disease, hospitalization and life events in all areas of service as a member of multi-disciplinary team and in liaison with community resources.
• Identifies, assesses, and coordinates cases and anticipates needs related to illness, hospitalization, finances, education, and home/community service.

Responsibilities

The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. A specialist level role that is a recognized subject matter expert in job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Typically manages large projects or processes with limited oversight from manager, coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level professionals, resolving difficult and often complex problems.

Responsible for providing psychosocial assessment of the individual and family, developing treatment plans with appropriate and competent interventions, and collaborating with and providing psychosocial consultation to the health care team to promote a smooth, coordinated plan of care.

• Treats patients and families with dignity and respect at all times.
• Offers time for questions and answers; demonstrates empathy in communication while working toward optimal health goals.
• Assists with discharge planning issues to ensure continuity of care.
• Ensures clinical documentation is complete and according to departmental standards.
• Initiates policy and program development in specific service area or team, utilizing knowledge of state-of-the-art programs and promoting social work values such as patient self-determination and social justice.
• Engages in professional organizations, grant writing, teaching, public presentations, seminars and workshops.
• Supervises or trains staff social workers, student interns, house staff, nurses, medical students, and volunteers as required.
• Ensures compliance within guidelines set forth by regulatory agencies (DPH, ERISA etc.) and demonstrates compliance with Home Health Foundation policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).
• Five (5) years of related experience including one (1) year supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in inpatient psychiatric or mental health setting working with major mental illness, dementia, and or the elderly.

Pay

$84,300.22 - $107,481.20