Social Worker (LCSW/LMSW)

Description

• The Leapfrog Group - Grade A for quality and patient safety
• Healthgrades - America’s 50 Best Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report - high performance in heart failure treatment

• The Leapfrog Group - Grade A for quality and patient safety
• Healthgrades - America’s 50 Best Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report - high performance in heart failure treatment

Assists in facilitating groups, preforming psychiatric assessments, providing treatment, and stabilization of patients for continued treatment. Strong collaboration with psychiatry team and other health professionals.

Responsibilities:

1. Facilitates group therapy, provides individual, family, crisis intervention, patient-centered support and psycho-education. 20%

2. Establishes objectives and develops patient-focused treatment plans to provide disposition and/or referral. Identifies potential barriers, limitations & lack of coping abilities, adjustments, and functional status. Participates in patient care planning 20% 

3. Conducts intakes with patients/family members to evaluate coping abilities, dysfunctional adjustments, maladaptive behaviors, functional status. 20%

4. Maintains knowledge of community resources and refers patients & families to agencies for supportive services & concrete resources (financial assistance; housing; transportation; medications) on regular & emergency basis. 10%

5. Completes hospital and state required documentation & other paperwork & forms, including insurance authorization requirements. 10%

6. Evaluates for child, elder abuse, and domestic violence and makes appropriate referrals. Acts as a consultant and/or educator to staff relative to assessment, criteria & referral. 10%

7. Acts as a liaison for the patients within community (local, state and private agencies). 10%

8. Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.

9. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required: 
Master's Level Degree.
Minimum 3 years work related experience.
Current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or will accept Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW).  LCSW must be attained within 24 months from date of hire.