Job Description
We're Hiring: Social Worker!
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Social Worker to join our team and make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and families. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to advocating for vulnerable populations while providing essential support services.
Location: Detroit, MI
Role: Social Worker
Contract Duration: 12 months to start, strong possibility to extend and/or convert.
General Summary:
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.
Education/Experience Required:
- Masters
Degree in Social Work.
- 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. 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.
- Exposure
and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community
resources.
- 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.
Certifications/Licensures Required:
- LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure required.
Social
Worker (SW) Primary Responsibilities:
Services provided in Outpatient clinical setting to include:
- Completing Social Determinates of Health screening to
identify barriers that impact engagement in HIV medical care.
- Complete referral(s) to community resource(s) to meet pt
need(s).
- Documentation of progress notes within EPIC (electronic
medical record).
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of
population serviced.
- Working with diverse populations (LGBTQ+)
- Experienced with Microsoft Word / Excel
- Foster work relationships with community agencies
- Participate in community training opportunities to develop
/ enhance skills
- Insurance Navigation Skills
- Treatment Adherence, Health Education and Risk Reduction
Counseling Skills
- HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral and Early Intervention
Services Trainings must be completed within 1 year of hire
- Other Duties as assigned
Ready to make an impact? 🚀 Apply now and let's grow together!
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Contract work, Local area, Flexible hours,