Clinical Social Worker LICSW - (Cystic Fibrosis & Pulmonary)

UMass Memorial Health • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day. This position involves a variety of duties including patient assessment, psychotherapy, and coordination of services. The caregiver will serve as the social worker and mental health coordinator for our Adult and Peds CF centers, collaborating with an inter-disciplinary treatment team to develop and deliver treatment and discharge plans for patients.

Requirements

• Masters degree in Social Work.
• Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensure.
• One to three years of social work experience.
• Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment, knowledge of community resources, crisis intervention skills, ability in discharge planning, and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.
• Data compilation and analysis skills.
• Excellent written and communications skills.
• Basic computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Conducts intake interviews with patients and families to develop psychosocial evaluations.
• Participates in team planning of treatment during initial interview and coordinates team meeting on a daily basis.
• Provides psycho-social assessments and treatments, individual and group education/therapy to include dual diagnosis cases and all associated social work services.
• Serves as a primary clinician for individual therapy, couples and family therapy.
• Works with outpatient providers to coordinate treatment planning.
• Documents all information obtained in evaluation, assessment, consultation, referral and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring best possible patient outcome.
• Coordinates discharge planning which includes the assessment of housing, benefits and treatment needs.
• Acts as liaison with community and government agencies and develop referral network as directed.

Benefits

• Signing bonus may be available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees