CC Licensed Clinical Social Worker
About The Position
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker coordinates and implements post-discharge plans in close coordination with Case Managers, using the Extended Care Information Network (ECIN). The role manages patient discharge processes, advocates for patients, and facilitates referrals to community resources to support seamless transitions of care. The position also serves as a hospital-based behavioral health therapist, supporting patients from identification of a behavioral health need through crisis intervention, treatment, and inpatient care. The clinician conducts level-of-care assessments, provides crisis intervention and disposition planning, and follows an inpatient therapy caseload. The role includes facilitating therapeutic groups, providing individual support and interventions, and collaborating with providers, nursing, and the interdisciplinary care team. The clinician is expected to bring a compassionate, trauma-informed approach and contribute to a safe, supportive, therapeutic experience for patients.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Social Work.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
- Knowledge of community resources used for discharge planning and hospital operations.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Knowledge of third-party payment systems and Medicare/Medicaid programs.
- Maintain current knowledge of community services through continuing education.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, record review, and coordination with the interdisciplinary team and caregivers to identify appropriate referrals.
- Facilitate discharge planning with patients, families, and the treatment team; arrange referrals as needed and document actions.
- Assess patients’ and families’ emotional, social, and financial needs and help arrange community resources.
- Assess and reassess patients’ clinical and psychosocial status, premorbid status, community services used, and diagnosis and treatment plan based on Case Management referrals.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement holistic, individualized plans of care.
- Support patients and families who are having difficulty coping with changing medical conditions.
- Manage patient discharge processes and coordinate post-discharge plans with Case Managers using ECIN.
- Provide patient advocacy and facilitate referrals to community resources.
- Conduct level-of-care assessments, provide crisis intervention, and support disposition planning.
- Follow an inpatient therapy caseload and provide individual support and interventions.
- Facilitate therapeutic groups.
- Work with providers, nursing, and the interdisciplinary care team to address patients’ mental health needs.
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Job Type
Full-time
