Lead Medical Social Worker

IOA is on the forefront of revolutionary healthcare models, reshaping the way people can age in place. Our innovative models transform lives, enhance communities, and save healthcare systems millions of dollars. Rather than focusing on archaic outdated design, we strive to consistently question the "status-quo" and create new and more innovative ways to help aging adults and adults with disabilities maintain their quality of life.

With over 23 programs, we offer multiple ways to aid seniors maintain their health, well-being, independence and participation in the community, fulfilling our mission.

The Lead Medical Social Worker provides high-quality geriatric social work support to a panel of assigned participants. They also serve as a peer mentor, subject matter expert in social work and provide the social work department with clinical and administrative support.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Completes all of the responsibilities of a Medical Social Worker for an assigned panel of participants.
• Provides clinical support, consultation, and guidance to social work team members, especially related to complex cases and/or situations.
• Assists with onboarding new Medical Social Workers, Case Managers and/or Social Work Assistants. Provides shadowing and mentoring on departmental workflows and standards.
• Serves as a departmental representative in internal and external workgroups to ensure that social work feedback is incorporated into cross-functional workflows and projects.
• Works closely with assigned supervisor and program leadership team to develop, implement, evaluate, and monitor social work policies and procedures, workflows, best practices, documentation standards, and regulatory requirements. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Must hold an MSW from an accredited school of Social Work.
• At least three years of professional experience working with the frail elder population.
• At least one year of experience in the PACE model of care is strongly preferred. 

BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with and understanding of the medical and psychosocial problems of functionally impaired adults and the frail elderly.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills relating to the frail elderly, functionally impaired adults, their support systems, and teams of health professionals.
• Demonstrates case management skills and experience in the community health care delivery system.
• Detail oriented with good problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Bilingual in English and either Cantonese or Spanish preferred.

COMPENSATION

• Range: $95,170 - $113,742/annual

This rate is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee, which is always dependent on actual experience, client needs, education and other factors.

This range does not include any additional equity, benefits, or other non-monetary compensation which may be included.

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IOA reserves the right to adjust work hours or duties when appropriate.

Institute on Aging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Institute on Aging is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment and providing equal opportunities to all employees and job applicants without regard to age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neuro-diversity, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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