Licensed Master Social Worker

Valleywise Health System•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

Under the direct supervision of the Manager Care Coordinator, the Licensed Master Social Worker provides psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, coordination, community referrals, and support or counseling on assigned units. The position serves patients and families in assigned areas, with a particular focus on substance abuse interventions and psychiatric service coordination. The role helps patients and families adjust to acute and chronic illness, cope with lifestyle changes related to illness or disability, participate in restorative health programs, carry out discharge recommendations, and address issues of death and dying. Using a variety of treatment modalities, the social worker helps patients and families alleviate or resolve social, financial, cultural, and emotional problems and barriers affecting successful management of illness, health care, and rehabilitation.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work.
Unrestricted license from the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners as a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
Must obtain a BLS card through an American Heart Association (AHA) training center within 30 days of hire.
Clinical knowledge and skill in case management, hospital care, complex psychosocial interventions, and community resource management.
Excellent communication and clinical skills, including the ability to maintain professional rapport with team members, physicians, and internal and external partners.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to work with professionals while maintaining confidentiality standards.
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
Basic computer word-processing skills and ability to navigate an electronic medical record, including formatting, editing, printing, composing email, and internet searches.
Ability to read, write, and speak effectively in English.
For an ambulatory setting, a valid fingerprint clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety is required, or a completed affidavit must be submitted at hire. The applicant must apply for the card within seven days of hire and present the actual card within 90 days of applying.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience providing acute care hospital case management services, such as psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, coordination, community referrals, or support/counseling, demonstrating understanding of relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities in acute and/or ambulatory care settings.
Bilingual and bicultural abilities.

Responsibilities

Provide psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, coordination, community referrals, and support or counseling on assigned units.
Provide services to patients and families, with a specific focus on substance abuse interventions and psychiatric service coordination.
Assist patients and families in adjusting to acute and chronic illness and coping with lifestyle changes caused by illness or disability.
Support participation in restorative health programs and carrying out discharge recommendations.
Help patients and families address issues of death and dying.
Use treatment modalities to help alleviate or resolve social, financial, cultural, and emotional problems and barriers related to illness, health care, and rehabilitation.