Medical Social Worker II

Sutter Health•Roseville, CA

About The Position

Provides biopsychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short-term counseling, advocacy, resource linkage, and transition-of-care planning for patients and their families or significant others of all ages across patient care settings. Provides psychoeducation and may facilitate support groups. Consults on psychosocial aspects of care as part of the interdisciplinary team, serves as a liaison to community programs, and collaborates with the multidisciplinary treatment team on discharge planning. May educate staff and other hospital departments and participate on committees as requested.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work or Social Services (MSS) from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Two years of recent relevant experience.
Clinical skills in biopsychosocial assessment and interventions, including crisis intervention, behavioral issues, grief and supportive counseling, adjustment to illness, end-of-life support, behavioral change therapy, motivational interviewing, short-term family counseling, and group facilitation.
Ability to collaborate and work effectively on a team; patient and family advocacy skills.
Knowledge of transitions of care, community resources, post-acute levels of care, and discharge-planning resource needs.
Knowledge of child, elder, and dependent adult abuse and crimes-against-persons reporting requirements, as well as regulations affecting clinical social work practice, including Tarasoff and patient confidentiality.
Knowledge of behavioral health and ability to assess mental health functioning, high-risk behaviors, depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric conditions affecting hospitalization or transitions of care.
Knowledge of suicidal behavior and ability to assess lethality and develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
Knowledge of substance use and ability to assess addiction severity and motivation for change and develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
Understanding of cultural and spiritual values in social work practice.
Knowledge and skills to provide psychosocial care appropriate to newborns, children, adolescents, adults, and elders.
Knowledge of palliative care, goals-of-care discussions, and psychosocial needs of patients and families at end of life.
Knowledge of bioethics and legal issues affecting patient care.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Interpersonal and organizational skills to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and competing demands.
Computer proficiency for accurately entering and extracting data, email, calendar appointments, task lists, and other software programs.
Knowledge of local county, state, and federal resources for at-risk populations.

Responsibilities

Provide biopsychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, short-term counseling, advocacy, resource linkage, and transition-of-care planning for patients and families or significant others.
Provide psychoeducation and, as needed, facilitate support groups.
Consult with the interdisciplinary team on psychosocial aspects of care.
Serve as a liaison to community programs.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary treatment team on discharge planning.
Provide education to staff and other hospital departments as needed.
Participate on committees as requested.