What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker position at SoutheastHEALTH?
Dexter, MO | Social Services | Variable
Job Summary
Serves as social work consultant and liaison to team, program, facility and community. Collaborates effectively with other Palliative care and Hospice social workers.
Essential Functions
Qualifications
Job Summary
Serves as social work consultant and liaison to team, program, facility and community. Collaborates effectively with other Palliative care and Hospice social workers.
Essential Functions
- Monitor and evaluate the psychosocial and discharge planning needs of patients in both the medical and psychiatric setting.
- Assist patients and families in resolving personal/social problems interfering with the treatment process
- Educate patients and families to increase understanding and effective use of medical and psychiatric services.
- Coordinate services to facilitate timely patient discharges
- Act as a resource to patients, families, and other health care team member
- Develop and maintain knowledge and understanding of community and hospital resources
- Provide education and support to patient/family and assist in formulating a safe individualized plan of care
- Work collaboratively with patients, families, hospital staff, physicians, and other individuals and agencies involved in providing patient care
- Complete written documentation in an accurate, concise, and timely manner
- Coordinate tasks and workload responsibilities in an organized and efficient manner
- Conduct work in accordance with hospital time frames
- Coordinate financial assistance for patients based on need
- Coordinate complete patient care needs with the interdisciplinary team
- Assist with population specific needs as appropriate
- Masters prepared social workers will additionally be responsible for providing individual therapy, group therapy, and clinical guidance of social service staff
- Any other duties as needed to drive to the Vision, fulfill the Mission, and abide by the Values of the organization
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree In Social Work required
- Master's Degree In Social Work preferred
- Minimum of 5 years Social Work experience preferred
- Experience in Healthcare preferred