Social Worker LCSW Care Coordination

CommonSpirit Health•Glendale, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Join Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center Care Coordination Team: Guiding patients, shaping futures. As our Social Worker, you will be a compassionate advocate, providing vital support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges. Every day, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling and crisis intervention, and connect clients to resources. You'll advocate for clients and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic support and promote well-being. To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, strong knowledge of community resources, and proven crisis management abilities, fostering positive change and client empowerment. The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients. They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations. Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community. The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis intervention, patient /family intervention, high risk screening, brief counseling, referring for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, Assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified. Establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families. The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.

Requirements

At least two-years of clinical and/or medical social work experience required in a medical facility
Masters Degree from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
Knowledge of contemporary behavioral and systems theories relevant to health care
Knowledge of end-of-life dynamics and interventions
Knowledge of grief and bereavement counseling
Knowledge of substance abuse identification and interventions
Knowledge of support for victims of abuse, neglect, or violence
Knowledge of community or financial resources for underserved or vulnerable populations
Knowledge of SSDI, SDI, and other governmental/county requirements/programs
Thorough comprehension of OBRA and Title 22 is required
Excellent customer service and presentation skills
Strong interpersonal and written communication skills are essential
Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks or projects effectively
Ability to work independently as needed with a high degree of detail orientation
Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Required

Nice To Haves

One year of clinical and/or medical social work experience in an acute psychiatric facility

Responsibilities

Conduct psychosocial assessments
Develop care plans
Provide counseling and crisis intervention
Connect clients to resources
Advocate for clients
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
Perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate medical, social, and resource issues
Crisis intervention
Patient/family intervention
High risk screening
Brief counseling
Refer for financial or other identified resource needs
Arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team
Assist in post-acute placement on complex discharges
Engage appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified
Establish and maintain professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients, and families
Serve on hospital committees
Take part in developing and presenting in-services to hospital staff