Social Worker - LMSW - Neurology

Henry Ford Health • Detroit, MI

6d

About The Position

The Social Worker supports patients with dementia and cognitive impairment in a memory clinic setting. The role manages complex psychosocial and economic comorbidities to help create positive outcomes for patients and families. The Social Worker provides education and consultation about resources, collaborates on discharge planning, and facilitates and monitors plan implementation. The role also helps patients and families adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options, and prognosis; mobilizes resources to reduce risk; serves as a liaison between the hospital and community; and provides crisis intervention.

The position requires travel among assigned locations in Detroit, Dearborn, and West Bloomfield on a predetermined weekly schedule. Employees report to one designated location per day, with no same-day travel between sites.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Social Work.
• LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure.
• Ability to interview, assess, organize, and problem solve.
• Ability to identify appropriate community resources and work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams, and community agencies to achieve patient outcomes.
• Interpersonal communication and negotiation skills for interactions with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare team colleagues.
• Analytical, data management, and personal computer skills.
• Ability to work independently and develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary teams, and community agencies.
• Ability to analyze, develop, and manage change and integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles into service and organizational improvements.
• Ability to work with people from diverse social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; flexibility, open-mindedness, and adaptability to change.
• Patience and tact when dealing with patients, families, and other staff.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Manage complex psychosocial and economic comorbidities to support patient and family outcomes.
• Provide education and consultation regarding available resources.
• Collaborate to develop discharge plans and facilitate and monitor their implementation.
• Help patients and families adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options, and prognosis.
• Mobilize resources to reduce risk and serve as a liaison between the hospital and the community.
• Provide crisis intervention to patients and families.
• Connect patients and families with necessary services within and outside Henry Ford Health.
• Maintain working knowledge of local community services, particularly those available to patients with limited or no payment resources.
• Travel between assigned locations in Detroit, Dearborn, and West Bloomfield according to a predetermined weekly schedule.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time