Social Worker
1 month ago
Position Summary:
The social worker is responsible to utilize judgment and critical thinking skills to identify and address the psychosocial needs of the patient or resident through assessment and care planning; collaborate with the providers and inter-disciplinary team to define and facilitate an effective, timely, safe discharge plan; refer and/or collaborator with internal and community resources to improve patient outcomes or mitigate barriers to health and services; create a work environment that is goal, culturally and age specific; ensure patients have timely access to needed services while respecting the rights and wishes of the patient and family. Achieve exemplary performance on quality and patient satisfaction measures.
Duties/Responsibilities:
• Complete psycho/social assessment in a timely manner.
• Provide social services (age and culturally specific) to patients.
• Assess financial situation and act on patient’s behalf for community, state and national resources.
• Identify and resolve problems that impede discharge planning or the patient’s use of health care resources.
• Collaborate with care team to develop, revise as necessary throughout the patient’s stay, and implement a discharge plan to ensure a safe and reliable transition to the next level of care.
• Provide education to patients and caregivers identified services.
• Maintain a resource guide of area agencies including HME, Home Care, Home Infusion, Nursing Homes for patient choice and post discharge services.
• Maintain a resource guide of community resources, providers and partners.
• Maintain criteria to prioritize high risk patients.
• Assist patients with advance directives.
• Advocate for patient rights and protection.
• Assists as mediator with patient/family/facility conflicts or ethical dilemma.
• Serve as authority in programs relating to community resources.
• Timely process, report and coordinate investigations of abuse, neglect, guardianship and other cases to the appropriate advocacy, criminal, regulatory and/or authority agency.
• Documents social case work and discharge plan. Timely and according to established SCH policies and procedures.
• Communicate and collaborate with providers, social workers and care team to ensure safe and effective care transition.
• Complies with licensure laws, NASW Codes and Ethics.
• Actively participate in SCH Quality and Performance Improvement activities.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree required. Education as a Generalist and be able to apply skills to all age groups. Master’s Degree in Social Work preferred.
Experience:
Two (2) years clinical experience, preferably in acute care social work, care management and discharge planning.
Licensure/Certification:
Must become licensed in Kentucky by the State Board of Examiners of Social Work within 18 months from date of employment.
Physical/Work Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is required to communicate effectively. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision for reading and computer work. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds.
The work environment described here is representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in an area with good lighting and climate control. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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