Social Worker II - MSW, Supportive and Palliative Care

Christiana Care Health Services • Newark, DE

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

ChristianaCare’s Supportive and Palliative Care program is seeking a compassionate, dependable, and detail-oriented Social Worker II-MSW who has the ability to build trusting relationships with our patient population and has a deep commitment to patient-centered outcomes to support our Wilmington and Newark locations. The Social Worker II- MSW in the Supportive and Palliative care program assist patients and families to identify social, emotional, and environmental needs and to connect them with available resources/ services through the provision of a full spectrum of social work services. Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions of medical social work, in providing case management services to patients in a medical social services program area including chronically ill patients and/or patients undergoing cancer treatment. The Social Worker II- MSW will supporting our patients in both the inpatient side of the program as well as providing outpatient services.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work (MSW) from an accredited graduate school of Social Work required.
• Delaware Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) required

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 1-2 years of related work experience preferred.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct casework services which include emotional and social assessments, problem identification and develops a service plan to assist patient and family in dealing with medical conditions following medical recommendations and achieving maximum social and health adjustment.
• Assesses financial eligibility of families seeking financial, medical or related services.
• Provides referral and follow up services to alternative sources for ineligible applicants.
• Assists patients in obtaining same.
• Provides individual and family counseling to patients; obtains and coordinates public, private or community medical, social and therapy services to meet patient needs.
• Reviews patient’s case history and evaluates patients’ potential to benefit from further medical and social treatments and services.
• Discusses case progress with multidisciplinary treatment team as required and prepares recommendations and referrals based on findings.
• Prepares social histories, patient progress reports, evaluations and summaries.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of records and files pertaining to caseload and files.
• Provides medical social work consultations to patients, program staff, private medical professionals and/or hospital social service departments.
• Attends department and team meetings as requested.
• Represents Supportive and Palliative care at system and external meetings when requested by supervisor.
• This is the advanced level responsible for directly providing specialized case management services and for social services consultation services to patients and professional medical care staff in the public and private sector. This level is differentiated from the lower level of this series by the greater independent judgement and the emphasis on providing consultative services.
• Participates as a treatment team member to provide a social assessment and plan as part of the overall patient medical plan.
• Provides follow-up with patient and community resources to ensure coordination and consistency of medical/social treatment.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive first-day coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Low deductibles, plus $0 copays for unlimited primary care (in-office or virtual) with ChristianaCare providers and unlimited urgent care visits at GoHealth facilities.
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 7 major holidays
• Options to roll over or cash out unused time.
• Up to $5,250 per year in tuition reimbursement.
• Advanced fertility care through Progyny
• Free maternity education and support
• Up to $5,000 in adoption assistance.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Two retirement plans, including a 403(b) with up to a 50% match
• Company-funded contribution of 3%-5% based on service.
• Free financial coaching, counseling, and budgeting support.
• health insurance
• paid time off
• retirement
• an employee assistance program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level