Perinatal Social Worker (4473)

A Brief Overview
The Perinatal Social Worker, Maternal One Model provides and develops holistic, individualized plans and interventions/strategies that address clients' psychosocial needs, including screening, education, counseling, and referrals to alleviate social risk factors, barriers to resources and improve clinical outcomes.

What you will do

• Utilizes admission data, medical records, provider feedback and interviews to assess client’s psychosocial needs to determine program appropriateness.
• Consents and onboards qualifying clients into program.
• Determines, prioritizes, provides and/or arranges for needed internal and external services/interventions.
• Participates in case reviews to evaluate individualized client management and progress.
• Consults with healthcare and program team members to promote, monitor, and evaluate compliance with client’s plan.
• Actively participates in program and multidisciplinary client rounds to report updates/ outcomes on individualized education care plans.
• Assists with discharge planning and ongoing internal and external processes for client group.
• Identifies appropriate resources, including but not limited to transportation, housing, healthcare, and social/spiritual services, and provides referrals as part of client program plan.
• Supervises and/or precepts social work students as appropriate.
• May perform insurance screenings and assist clients with Safety Net applications when needed.
• Collaborates with program manager to ensure psychosocial interventions produce specified results in the monthly/ annual work plan(s) to the required standard of quality and within the timeline and budget parameters.
• Ensures that the program progresses in accordance to its obligations and complies with regulations and organizational policies.
• Participates in outreach, client recruitment, and community events as determined by needs of Program.
• Engages in professional development activities to maintain and enhance expertise.