SNUG Social Worker

Albany Medical Center • Albany, NY

3d • $77,075 - $119,466 • Onsite

About The Position

The SNUG social worker provides hospital-based social work services for victims of violence and their families. Social workers at local trauma centers will provide a seamless connection for victims of violence and their families to access both SNUG and OVS services. Additional goals include creating optimal outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Through advanced practice skills, mobilizes resources to reduce risk, and serves as ambassador between hospital and community. Facilitate assessment and discharge planning for patients to promote patient flow, patient safety, and reduce readmissions. Acts as a leader on each clinical unit in facilitating communication, rounds, and escalating systemic or external barriers.

Requirements

• Master's Degree of Social Work degree from an accredited school of Social Work Program - required
• 1-3 years as a social worker with experience in the field of Clinical Social Work with experience in care transitions - required
• Ability to create collegial and collaborative relationships internally and externally.
• Knowledge of accreditation standards, health care regulations, performance improvement and patient safety.
• Effective organization, oral and written communication skills, problem solving, program development and computer skills.
• Knowledge of health care law and regulations related to acute care and the immediate post-acute continuum
• Ability to complete a psychosocial assessment, risk factor analysis, treatment planning, and models of intervention
• LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure Upon Hire - required

Responsibilities

• Assess all victims of violence and facilitate transitions to appropriate community services.
• Provide psychosocial support to victims of violence and their families.
• Completes initial assessments on patients who are victims of violence as soon as possible after admission.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to develop discharge plan for all patients that complies with regulations and laws regarding patient and family wishes.
• Collaborates with cover CM/SW to facilitate discharge plan and continuity of care planning to promote patient safety
• Promotes appropriate patient flow to maintain hospital’s ability to provide care
• Works with community agencies, family members, and friends to advocate for our patients’ needs.
• Collaborate with Risk Management, Patient Relations, Utilization Management, Case Management, and Quality Management about potential problems and preclude outcomes detrimental to AMC and patients.
• Provide crisis intervention
• Assists patients and families in understanding their experience of trauma, their injuries, and options for care.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary communication, as well as communication with patients and families 1Provide ongoing collaboration with community SNUG sites, responders, and social workers.
• Complete training in and implement SNUG outreach model.
• Comply with all required trainings that will enhance work with victims.
• Provide ongoing support to victims and families post discharge.
• Comply with OVS rules and regulations, maintaining functional time sheets, and submitting data to DCJS.
• Serves as lead in obtaining charity and financial resources for victims of violence.
• Helps create function and productivity on the many teams to which the SW belongs, facilitating the resolution of conflict.
• Participate in case presentation in Complex Care Review to seek interdisciplinary input regarding challenging cases.
• Participate in and facilitate the completion of Advance Directives as appropriate.
• Educate hospital staff on patient psychosocial and discharge planning needs, especially as they relate to victims of violence.
• Educate patients and families about levels of care, community resources, and navigation of the healthcare continuum, especially as they pertain to victims of violence.
• Provides education to hospital leadership about external barriers, lack of resources, system challenges
• Supervises MSW students to facilitate ongoing contribution to the field
• Maintains complete confidentiality of patient information, in addition to hospital and individual physician practice pattern data.
• Provides information and in services as necessary to physicians and ancillary staff.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Assesses for abuse or neglect of vulnerable patient populations.
• Upholds reporting duties as a mandated reporter.

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees