Community Paramedicine Social Worker
About The Position
The Community Health Worker serves as a link between individuals and essential community resources, working to reduce health disparities and improve access to support services. The role proactively engages clients, assesses their needs, identifies pathways to care and support, and connects individuals with health, social, educational, and employment resources. It provides guidance and practical assistance to help clients overcome logistical barriers. The position collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and patients to evaluate medical and physical needs, identify social determinants and other variables affecting care, and contribute to individualized plans of care. It supports continuity of care for people of different ages and circumstances, including people with disabilities, mental illness, chronic or terminal illness, and other vulnerabilities. The role also provides advocacy, education, psychosocial support, referrals, resource coordination, and participation in patient and family care conferences.
Requirements
- Master of Science in Social Work from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education, required upon hire.
- Licensed Social Worker in Kentucky, required upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of 3 years of healthcare experience.
Responsibilities
- Proactively engage with clients, assess their needs, and identify pathways to care and support.
- Connect individuals to health, social, educational, and employment resources, and help overcome logistical barriers.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and patients to evaluate and assess medical and physical needs.
- Identify social determinants and special, cultural, and mental health variables affecting patient care.
- Participate in plans of care, determine community resource needs, and provide referrals.
- Plan for continuity of care and address the developmentally appropriate needs of patients across populations.
- Provide advocacy and education related to patient and family self-care, health management, bioethics, community education, care coordination, and risk management.
- Provide psychosocial support, including crisis intervention, psychosocial assessment, counseling support and referral, and support for coping, emotional adjustment, grief, and bereavement.
- Identify, assess, and refer cases involving abuse, neglect, or trafficking.
- Provide resources and support related to adoption, surrogacy, safe surrender, health and wellness, substance use, psychiatric needs, and social determinants such as housing and food insecurity and transportation.
- Participate in interdisciplinary patient and family care conferences to coordinate communication and continuity or transitions of care.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
