Social Worker - MSW School Based Health Centers
Nemours Childrens Hospital, Florida
- Seaford, DE
Job description
Primary Functions:
This position is responsible for providing comprehensive social work services to patients and their families in accordance with the job responsibilities described in this document. Core functions include:
• Psychosocial assessment and support of patient/family coping skills
• Protective services including assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Crisis Intervention and Behavioral Health Assessment
• Linkage to community resources.
These services are provided in accordance with the policies, procedures, and guidelines established by Nemours Children’s Hospital and its Social Work Department.
Essential Functions:
• Manage complex assessments of the patient/family biopsychosocial situation; establish care plan goals and periodically reassess the patient/family situation as work progresses.
• Attend patient care unit and/or medical division rounds in accordance with team expectations and provide inpatient admission screening on assigned patient care unit.
• Provide crisis intervention services as indicated for the management of interpersonal violence, psychiatric crisis, child abuse, and family disputes.
• Provide therapeutic, goal-directed counseling. Exhibit necessary clinical skills to provide problem-focused, goal-directed intervention.
• Interface with community service providers including healthcare, legal, child welfare, and government programs.
• Coordinate safe and sustainable discharge needs of patients in an efficient, effective, and timely manner while including the family in the process.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships across disciplines and coordinate family meetings. Assist in facilitating recommendations resultant of team meetings.
• Document social work notes in the patient medical record according to Social Work Department policy.
• Provide community resources and information in response to assessed patient/family needs.
• Maintains a professional manner at all times with associates, families and community partners.
• Representation on hospital projects with approval by department leadership.
• Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee’s supervisor.
Qualifications:
Master’s degree in social work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Active LMSW/ LSW required
6 months to 1 year of job related experience required (Graduate school internship may be applied to the job-related experience at the discretion of the Director).
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