Social Worker - LMSW - Neurology

Henry Ford Health • Detroit, MI

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is a job specifically for memory clinic or to work with patients with dementia and cognitive impairment. The Social Worker is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family. This position specifically for memory clinic or to work with patients with dementia and cognitive impairment.

Requirements

• Masters Degree in Social Work.
• Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.
• Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Possess interpersonal communication and negotiation skills in interactions with patients, families, physicians, and health care team colleagues.
• Possess analytical, data management and PC skills.
• Ability to work independently, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies.
• Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements.
• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change.
• Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.
• Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff.
• LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure required.

Nice To Haves

• Social work or protective services experience preferred.
• Working knowledge/experience in utilization management, managed care and payor issues preferred.
• Experience in psychosocial and therapeutic counseling preferred.
• Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.

Responsibilities

• Managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities.
• Providing education and consultation regarding resources.
• Collaborating to develop a discharge plan and facilitating and monitoring its implementation.
• Assisting patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis.
• Mobilizing resources to reduce risk.
• Serving as a liaison between the hospital and the community.
• Offering crisis interventions to patient/family.

What This Job Offers

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