Social Worker LGSW

North Memorial Health Career Portal • Robbinsdale, MN

20h • Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) serves customers and their families as they adjust to physical or mental illness, injury, or hospitalization. The social worker helps the interdisciplinary treatment team understand how social, economic, emotional, and family factors relate to the customer’s illness, treatment, recovery, or dying process.

The role conducts biopsychosocial assessments and discharge planning for customers with complex psychosocial and medical or mental health concerns, in collaboration with the responsible family and case management team. It coordinates psychosocial care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of customer and family needs during the hospital stay, and identifies and coordinates appropriate community services.

Social workers may also assess behavioral and psychological needs, including concerns related to psychiatric disorders, chemical health, and emotional or behavioral health. They are responsible for discharge planning and case management for assigned customers.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited university or college; working toward licensure as an Independent Clinical Social Worker and meeting Minnesota Board of Social Work requirements.
• Previous social worker experience in a hospital or skilled nursing facility.
• For clinical assignments requiring psychiatric diagnosis or psychotherapy, at least 4,000 hours of post-graduate clinical social mental health professional experience as defined by Minnesota statute.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of current social work principles, techniques, and values.
• For Emergency Behavioral Health assignments: knowledge of diagnostic criteria, high tolerance for chaos and dramatic situations, and a non-reactive, non-judgmental approach.
• Licensure at the LGSW or LICSW level in Minnesota.

Nice To Haves

• Hospital social work experience preferred.
• Knowledge of current case management principles, length-of-stay management, and/or transition and discharge planning highly preferred.
• For Home Health: valid Class D driver’s license in state of residency with an acceptable driving record, and annual proof of auto insurance per hospital policy.

Responsibilities

• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments for customers with complex psychosocial and medical or mental health problems.
• Develop and coordinate discharge plans in collaboration with families and the case management team.
• Assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate customer and family psychosocial needs throughout the hospital stay.
• Help the interdisciplinary treatment team understand the social, economic, emotional, and family factors affecting customers’ illness, treatment, recovery, or dying process.
• Identify needed community services and coordinate appropriate services for customers.
• Assess behavioral and psychological needs, including concerns related to psychiatric disorders, chemical health, and emotional or behavioral health.
• Provide discharge planning and case management for assigned customers.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefit packages (benefit eligibility varies by position).
• 401(k) retirement match or pension plan, based on workgroup eligibility.
• Paid time off plans.
• Adoption reimbursement up to $3,000 per child.
• Child care discount program with New Horizon: 10% off weekly tuition.
• Education/tuition reimbursement.
• 24/7 fitness center access for benefit-eligible team members.
• Eligible for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness program as a North Memorial Health nonprofit employee.

What This Job Offers

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