Social Worker II

City of Hope•Duarte, CA

About The Position

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. The Clinical Social Worker II (CSW II) provides medical social work services, including psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, therapeutic interventions, patient and caregiver education, and community resource support. The role may include clinical supervision, support group facilitation, crisis intervention, on-call coverage, and participation in multidisciplinary treatment, program development, and quality improvement initiatives. The CSW II also contributes to staff education, policy development, research, and program enhancement efforts.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE- Accredited School of Social Work
Two years medical social work
Out of state Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Active registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences
CSW II must pass the LCSW exam and become a LCSW in the state of California within one year or be demoted to CSW I

Nice To Haves

One-year oncology social work

Responsibilities

Provides timely, appropriate, reliable, and respectful social work services to patients and families.
Demonstrates competence appropriate to his/her role and function
Delivers quality of care consistent with professional and City of Hope standards.
Uses effective decision-making, evaluation and problem-solving skills in managing patient care, hospital, and administrative needs.
Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent documentation skills of all activities/decisions related to patient care in compliance with State, National and Joint Commission standards/regulations.
Provides skilled psychosocial support and crisis management for patients throughout the continuum of care: diagnosis, living with cancer, recurrence, end-of-life, and survivorship.
Acts as an ambassador to the profession by effectively articulating the role and expertise of a CSW and by actively participating in community and professional organizations.
Demonstrates a willingness to participate in marketing and development efforts.
Meets and maintains all professional and regulatory standards; represents and models the core values of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine.
Participates in performance improvement activities to promote continuous improvement in care delivery.
Strives to earn the respect and esteem of the team, department, organization and profession; fosters positive departmental and institutional morale.
Demonstrates compassion, warmth, insight, basic skill in assessments and intervention, and maintains objectivity and professional boundaries.
Possesses a working knowledge of the patient population at City of Hope