Licensed Social Worker

About This Role

This Social Worker role involves providing psychosocial assessments, interventions, and evaluations to patients and families as part of a comprehensive care management team. It includes identifying high-risk patients, offering support and referrals, and facilitating complex transitions and discharges.

Responsibilities

• Provides psychosocial assessment, intervention, evaluation, consultation, and education to patient/families as part of comprehensive care management services
• Identifies high risk patients from a psychosocial/financial perspective and provides information, support, counseling, care management and referrals to appropriate resources
• Serves as a liaison for complex transitions/discharges between the hospital and community agencies for the exchange of clinical and referral information
• Contributes to training of social work professionals as part of the education program at LUHS
• Facilitates and coordinates details of placement and actual discharge of complex discharges to appropriate agencies
• Discusses with interdisciplinary team the discharge plan and any barriers to a safe discharge

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work
• Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to manage crisis situations calmly and effectively
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and in difficult situations

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work

Nice to Have

• LCSW preferred

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits