Hospital Social Worker - 4LOCS Job at NavitsPartners, New Bedford, MA

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  • NavitsPartners
  • New Bedford, MA

Job Description

Title: Social Worker (LCSW) – Hospital

Overview:

  • Job Category: Acute - Allied - Local
  • Skills: 1-year LCSW experience.
  • Education: Valid Licensed Clinical of Social Work (LCSW) license issued by NYSED, Primary Source Verification required.
  • Certifications & Licenses: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (000553) - Valid Licensed Clinical of Social Work (LCSW) license issued by NYSED, Primary Source Verification required

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care teams to treat and plan for the social and medical needs of
  • patients by consulting with other providers and making referrals. Devises, develops and implements treatment
  • plans as necessary. May make a diagnosis as part of a treatment plan.
  • Conducts initial assessment of all new patients to evaluate social, emotional and physical needs by applying
  • social work theories and techniques; interviews and evaluates patients and family members. Identifies factors
  • which may interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from treatment.
  • Develops and implements patient management plans, including the coordination of referrals to specialty and
  • social services, the recording of progress notes and the provision of continuity of care. Helps clients cope with
  • environmental and psychological issues of illness by explaining options and treatments as well as making
  • appropriate referrals.
  • Manages assigned caseload. Prepares and maintains records and makes written and oral reports to
  • document case activity concerning patient care, counseling and therapeutic activities in accordance with
  • department, hospital, medical center and/or health system policies. Prepares reports and other documents
  • concerning patients.
  • Participates in monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient care.
  • Provides supportive counseling, grief counseling, crisis intervention and other appropriate therapeutic
  • services to assist patients and families in coping with presenting symptoms and problems such as, for
  • example, coping with illness, accepting medical recommendations, and loss of function. Provides education to
  • patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or
  • life situation.

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