Complex Care Medical Social Worker

Mass General Brigham•Somerville, MA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mass General Brigham (MGB) is offering a generous $10,000 sign-on bonus to welcome new team members. The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients. They are dedicated to patient and family-centered care, valuing personal self-determination, managing multiple priorities, and engaging in creative, compassionate, and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they conduct comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate medical, social, and resource issues impacting individual patients, families, and at-risk populations. Social Workers collaborate with healthcare team members to develop and implement patient-centered care plans.

Requirements

Master's Degree Mental Health & Behavioral Medicine or Master's Degree Social Work required
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) required.
2+ years of clinical experience in a medical setting required
Demonstrates proficient clinical judgment and application of professional values and ethics.
Integration of prior clinical experience into current practice.
Demonstrates proficiency to formulate assessment of risks, crisis intervention, psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, and the documentation of both in a timely manner.
Demonstrates sound clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients while maintaining professional boundaries.
Demonstrates proficient working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
Provides a range of evidence-based interventions.
Incorporates social sensitivity.
Knowledge, understanding and ability to negotiate and work in a complex organization.
Demonstrate capacity to effectively communicate findings with a broader audience.

Nice To Haves

If appropriate, utilizes supervision and consultation regularly and appropriately.
Actively seeks assistance with complex case s and situations in a timely manner.
Engages in quality improvement projects, uses data to measure progress.

Responsibilities

Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social, emotional, interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
Formulates biopsychosocial assessment, disposition, and treatment plans.
Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients' medical or physical condition and to assess client needs as part of the interdisciplinary team.
Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in the treatment and care plan.
Advocate, coordinate, and continuously communicate with treatment plans with patients, family and the interdisciplinary team.
Facilitate skill-based groups.