Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Job Description

Job Summary:

• Provide full social work coverage to include an assessment or patient’s psychosocial functioning, determine need for financial and medical assistance, provides supportive counseling, and arranges concrete services.
• Participate in counseling and determining the suitability for all treatment modalities.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary consultation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Evaluate patients within assigned area or social work discipline.
• Perform ongoing assessment of social, psychological, environmental, and financial factors for ESRD patients.
• Develop social work treatment plan and coordinate the development of the multidisciplinary team’ in program evaluation, development, and implementation of treatment and long-term plans.
• Counsel patients, family members, significant others, and staff in adjustments to chronic illness, changes in lifestyle, and choice of treatment modality.
• Obtain and reviews all educational materials develop and/or distribute information as needed.
• Represent patient to community agencies through referral and follow-up.
• Ensure patient access to appropriate resources and develop relationships and referrals.
• Collaborate with other services to assure proper and timely referral for both permanent transfers and short-term transient care.
• Monitor and supervises transportation referrals to assure timely and appropriate services.
• Communicate and confer regularly and frequently with financial offices to provide information exchange in order to enhance Accounts Receivables service.
• Assist staff in reporting cases of patient abuse/neglect/domestic violence.
• Act as a resource to staff, patients, families and/or caregivers.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Required Education:

• Master’s Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• Complete a course study with specialization in clinical practice.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• New York State Social Worker License.

Required Skills & Experience:

• With degree, no experience required but internship or some experience with treatment of patients in hospital or other medical facility preferred.