Social Worker

California Hospital Medical Center • Los Angeles, CA

5d • $52 - $72 • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Master's Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
• A minimum of two years of clinical and/or medical social work experience
• Fire Safety

Nice To Haves

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker: CA

Responsibilities

• Advocacy & Education: Patient/Family Self Care Management, Patient/Family Health Management Education, Bioethics Referrals & Management, Physician, Staff & Community Education, Care Coordination Education & Training, Risk Management Identification & Referral
• Psychosocial Management. Crisis Intervention, Psychosocial AssessmenUFunctioning, Counseling Support & Referral, Abuse/Neglect Identification & Referral (Partner, Child, Elder), Family Issues Affecting Care, Coping/Emotional AdJustment, Grief/Bereavement Support (Individual & Group), Adoption Resources, Health/Wellness Promotion, Substance Abuse Screening/Resources, Psychiatric Screening/Behavior, Management, Staff Support and Crisis Intervention (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing)
• Patient / FamIly Care Conferences: interdisciplinary Care CommunicatIon/CoordInatIon, Continuity of Care Planning Management.
• Continuity/Transition Management: As part of Care Coordination team, facilitation of Patient decisions and communications regarding post-acute care; professional responsibility for knowledge of community resources related to clinical social work scope of service and functions and social worker discretion; maintaining appropriate up to date resource lists; education for patients/families about availability of community resources, mental health service coordination, Hospice
• Community Resource CoordInatIon; Life Care Planning, Palliative/End-of-LIfe Care, expert consultation on health care resource management; team and patient education regarding CCS/Medicare/Medi-Cal/SSI
• Performance & Outcomes Management: Understanding of Federal/State/Local Regulatory Agency Compliance, Joint Commission Standards Compliance, Evidenced Based Practice; Understanding of Organizational Financial Performance/Management, Length of Stay, Cost per Case, Revenue Cycle
• Performs psycho-emotIonal-socIal/environmental assessments on patients.

What This Job Offers

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