Lmsw- Licensed Social Worker (Lj)

Job Description

Provides case and group work services to patients and/or their families during patient's Hospital stay. Ensures continuity of medical care by referral to appropriate follow-up services.

Job Responsibility

• Provides direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help clients maximize their functioning. Travel to patient homes, community resources, community meetings may be required.
• Advocates on behalf of the client to ensure maximum access to health care.
• Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by hospital policies and procedures.
• Functions in a consultative and educative capacity with all pertinent individuals or agencies that impact on patients.
• Prepares materials for supervisory conferences.
• May direct the activities of paraprofessional staff, social work interns and volunteers. May participate in appropriate research, staff development programs and community liaison activities.
• Performs related duties, as required.

• ADA Essential Functions

Job Qualification

• Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.
• LMSW required within one (1) year of employment.
• Experience as required/preferred by position is indicated on MSW generic posting form.
• Current Driver’s License and/or own transportation available to maintain caseload, schedules and travel to clients’ homes, required.
• Pre-masters work experience with an Adolescent population, preferred.
• Pre-masters work experience with an Aged population, preferred.
• Pre-masters work experience with a Psychiatric population, preferred.
• Pre-masters work experience with a Substance Abuse population, required.
• Experience with group and individual, preferred.

• The candidate must demonstrate continuous and consistent social work experience with designated field and population in the majority of their cases. The experience must be supervised by a Social Worker (where this is not possible another related discipline i.e. psychology, psychiatry, clinical nursing, may be acceptable).