Job Title: Social Worker - Care Management
Location: Geneva, NY 14456
Duration: 13 Weeks
Pay range: $50 - $54.49/ hr on W2
Scheduled Notes: Full Time Days, Weekends/Holidays as needed || M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Job Description:
- Identifies patient and family psychosocial and environmental needs related to admission, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge by providing the highest quality, evidence based care to patients while promoting cost-effective utilization of hospital resources.
- Works collaboratively with other members of the interdisciplinary team in developing and implementing a comprehensive, integrated discharge plan to effect positive patient and family outcomes.
- Makes appropriate referrals for community services; may provide emotional support and therapeutic interventions, crisis intervention, bereavement services, and patient/family education.
- Assesses and intervenes in situations involving mandating reporting. Provides supervision to graduate social work student interns.
- Identifies patients who present to the ED with non-emergent needs; identifies and resolves barriers to accessing primary and preventive services instead of ED; educates patients regarding how and where to access health care services including the roles of the PCP, Urgent Care, and ED, refer to Health Home Care Manager as needed; educated patients on transportation resources in the community
Education:
Minimum: Licensed Master Social Work (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in NY State or eligible for NY State License.
Professional Certifications:
Minimum: Screen certification or experience or intent to pursue within six months.
Work Experience:
- Minimum: Two years of related experience in Health Care. Counseling and discharge planning experience.
- Preferred: Experience in Acute Hospital setting and/or Nursing Home knowledge: prior navigator experience. Prior experience conducting Crisis Intervention Evaluations.
Skills:
- Minimum: Demonstrate ability to handle confidential information with discretion and ability to deal with the people in a professional and courteous manner. Ability to meet deadlines, manage multiple priorities and enhance the spirit of teamwork through effective role modeling. Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills Computer literacy
- Preferred: Experience with Microsoft Office products and electronic medical record.
