Social Worker (Please Read Requirements Carefully)

Job Description

• This job is a 1.0, Full-Time position

• 2nd Shift - Monday-Friday 11 am-7:30 pm 

Responsibilities:

• Ability to assess and plan for interventions related to patient and family Psychosocial needs and appropriate community resources.

• Integrates assessment using information related to cultural clinical ethnic age and other factors into the plan of care in order to implement discharge plans and interventions.

• Acts as an active team member in the discharge planning process and primary responsibility for the assessment of complicated social and financial factors and barriers to appropriate discharge and transitions to needed placements and resources.

• Assures that patient is referred to appropriate social and financial resources post-discharge in order to transition patient efficiently and achieve the desired outcome.

• Refers patients/ families and caregivers to appropriate resources regarding abuse/ neglect domestic violence alcohol and substance abuse and behavioral health needs.

• Performs appropriate clinical interventions related to grief counseling bereavement adjustment crisis intervention in order to support the process of transition planning.

• Acts as a resource for staff and other members of the interdisciplinary team in relation to crisis intervention bereavement regulatory updates related to social work issues and complex case planning.

• Other duties as assigned