Masters Social Worker

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The support and/or resolution of patient and family crises.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Advocacy and facilitation necessitated by life-changing events (adoption, guardianship, abuse, placement, bereavement).
• Mediation of risk factors and coping with disease or disability.
• Other psychosocial and/or socioeconomic issues while adhering to client and departmental policies/procedures including those on Infection Control, Confidentiality, Patient’s Rights, Advance Directives, Disaster Protocol, Safety and Fire Prevention, Attendance, and Punctuality.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Receives referrals and assesses in a timely manner those patients and families/significant others who are referred to social work service.
• Integrates social work plan into overall patient care through interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Provides skilled Social Work services in the areas of comprehensive case management, discharge planning, continuing care services, advocacy, clinical social work services, including crisis intervention, and patient/family education utilizing individual and family modalities.
• Provides skilled social work services in the areas of abuse and neglect, advanced directives, psychiatric placements/issues, end of life issues pertinent to the assigned patient population.
• Understands and utilizes hospital and community-based resources and entitlements.
• Refers patients, families/significant others, and hospital staff to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care.
• Develops and utilizes specialized knowledge of resources related to the needs of specific patient populations.
• Facilitates efforts to obtain insurance coverage for hospital and community-based services.
• Documents the patient care plan, staff interventions and outcomes promptly and completely in the patient’s medical record.
• Completes statistical reports as required by the department and other programs.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to develop complex discharge plans prospectively and conduct transitional planning for patients moving to nursing home and other facilities.
• Continues and encourages professional development through supervision, attendance at hospital and community conferences and mandatory in-service training with the intent of enhancing knowledge, sensitivity, and self-awareness about special issues related to culture, race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
• Participate in community education and support group activities as approved.

Decision Making:

• Independent judgment in making decisions from many diversified alternatives that are subject to general review in final stages only.

Required Education:

• Completion of Master of Social Work or closely related degree from an accredited program.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

• LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker).
• LPC (Licensed Practical Counselor).

Required Skills & Experience:

• Prior experience with assigned patient population.
• Must be computer literate.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience in hospital or community health agency.
• Ability to have additional language fluency in addition to English.

Schedule Hours Per Week: 40.00
Schedule Hours Per Day: 8.00
Schedule Days Per Week: 5.00