Supervisor- Behavioral Care Social Work

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Provides supervision for department staff, coordinates work schedules, completes performance evaluations and recommends merit increases, participates in the selection of department staff, and assist in policy/procedure formation and program development, and participates in meeting department education needs. Provides social work services to patients and their families.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:  Inspire health.  Serve with compassion.  Be the difference

• Ensures the provision of quality of social services by properly oriented and trained staff.

• Monitors work of staff to assure compliance with standards and procedures.  Communicates with staff effectively regarding work responsibilities.

• Provides orientation of new employees by training to the detail of the particular work area.

• Plans, coordinates and delegates work and tasks appropriately and effectively for assigned area.  

• Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary discharge planning team to develop a plan for patients' continued care at discharge from the hospital.  Conducts formal and informal family conferences to assure most efficient coordination of health care and related services.  Introduces programs/services designed to meet the needs of the patient after discharge and makes appropriate referrals for service.

• Provides quality Social Work services based on age-specific assessments to patients including interviewing patients and relatives to obtain social history and assisting patients with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.

• Intervenes as a crisis counselor in situations requiring immediate psychosocial intervention.  Remains alert to signs/symptoms of abuse/neglect/exploitation.

• Participates in performance improvement activities on service unit or department.

• Participates in unit, department or hospital committees as appropriate.

• Provides consultation to health care team regarding continuing care needs. 

• Conducts Social Work in-service education for other hospital departments.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Marshall Pickens Hospital

Facility

1007 Marshall I Pickens Hospital

Department

10077503 Social Work

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