Social Worker MSW - AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Vision, Medical & Dental Benefits from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Received Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in January 2019

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Monday – Friday

Shift: 40 hours a week; Days

Location: AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

9301 W 74th St, Suite 100 Merriam, KS 66204

The community you’ll be caring for:

At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, formerly Shawnee Mission Medical Center, you're more than just a number on a chart. You're a whole person, who functions best when physically, emotionally, and spiritually fit. Find whole-person care, dedicated teams and staff, and a wide variety of medical services, all at our hospital in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

The role you’ll contribute:

Social work practice consists of professionally responsible intervention to 1) enhance the development, problem-solving, and coping capacities of people, 2) promote the effective and humane operation of systems that provide resources and services to people, 3) link people with systems that provide them with resources, services, and opportunities, and 4) contribute to the development and improvement of social policy, generally and specifically health and welfare policy in the hospital and community. The focus of the social work assignment and intervention is on cases that meet established criteria for complex case status

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Incorporate and maintain a professional practice pattern that includes psychosocial functioning, adaptation to illness, post hospital planning, and psychosocial assessment/evaluation and facilitates services to refer to community agencies, financial planning and provision of information and resource knowledge.
• Document direct service on patient’s medical record after each significant encounter and at closure of case, according to Shawnee Mission Health, JTC, CMS and HCFA standards.
• Formulate discharge plan, in collaboration with the case manager, multidisciplinary treatment team, the patient and the family. The discharge plan will include age specific community resources: adolescents may include school or alcohol/drug treatment/support groups; adults may include domestic violence shelters, self-help support groups and community mental health providers; senior adults may include Department of Aging resources, and home health agencies.
• Evaluate practice upon completion of case intervention, determining whether intervention was adherent to contract and whether client achieved expected outcome.

Qualifications

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

• Master’s Degree
• Up to 1 Year of Position-Related Experience
• 1 to 2 Years of Hospital Based Experience
• Kansas Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) OR
• Kansas Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) OR
• Proof of Kansas Temporary Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) per BSRB guidelines

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.