Per Diem Home Health Medical Social Worker

BAYADA Home Health Care•Leominster, MA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking an experienced Medical Social Worker, MSW for per diem home care visits. This role involves servicing patients in Fitchburg, Leominster, Lunenburg, Westford, and surrounding towns. Prior home care experience is preferred but not required. As a Medical Social Worker, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative care to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to remain at home.

Requirements

A Master’s Degree in Social Work
Licensed Social Worker (LCSW or LICSW) in the State of Massachusetts

Nice To Haves

Prior home care experience is preferred

Responsibilities

Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
Provide clinical social evaluations and plan appropriate interventions based on evaluation findings.
Identify appropriate community resource referrals to address the client’s and the family’s practical and environmental needs.
Act as an advocate for both the client and the family, to navigate the patient through the community system.
Participate in the development of the total plan of care with the multidisciplinary team of BAYADA clinicians, as appropriate.
Develop and maintain contracts with public and private agencies as resources for the patient.
Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in community resources to promote the patient's health, safety, well-being and independent living.
Accurately document observations, interventions and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.