Lead Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - Women and Children's Srvcs

Cedars-Sinai • Los Angeles, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Women and Children’s Services Lead Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California, is the Social Work team's point person for first-level escalated patient care consultations. The Lead will assist in identifying, developing, planning, implementing, and evaluating all psychosocial and social service-related interventions. The Lead develops and collaborates with the care team on patient and family care goals and treatment plans. The Lead will assist the team in continuously improving Social Work processes, taking the lead on training plans for new team members, assisting with periodic Documentation Audits and additional projects/tasks as necessary.

Requirements

• LCSW

Responsibilities

• Provide first-level escalation support for the Women and Children Services Team.
• Develop patient and family care goals and treatment plans as agreed upon by the patient's care team.
• Is available to physicians, nurses, and care management team as a consultant for those patients with complex psychosocial needs.
• Utilize clinical judgment in making recommendations that will assist in addressing psychosocial barriers to treatment and discharge planning, coordinates discharge to post-acute care resources as needed for often complex cases and under-resourced patients.
• Assist in training newly hired employees.
• Provide back-up support for staffing shortages.
• Participate in annual Audits.
• Responsible for the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of all social service-related interventions.
• Attends team rounds and participates in interdisciplinary collaborations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level