What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker Medical position at AHMC Healthcare?
Job Summary
Provide social work services to patients and families, facilitating their ability to cope with psychological and social problems related to illness and hospitalization.
Responsibilities
- Discharge planning within two working days of admission, involving the patient and family, and relaying information to UR Staff.
- Assisting in determining the presence/type of Advance Directive.
- Reporting suspected cases of abuse/neglect.
- Understanding the role of and accessing the Bioethics Committee.
- Completing initial assessments/care within required time frames.
- Performing subsequent assessments/care at required intervals.
- Incorporating cultural and ethnic factors into assessments/care.
- Differentiating between normal/abnormal findings.
- Facilitating Group Interventions (Group Therapy, Support Groups).
- Coordinating mandated reporting of child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect, and domestic/partner abuse.
- Providing psychotherapeutic intervention to patients/families in crises.
- Arranging for referrals to community services.
- Providing discharge planning.
- Providing in-servicing to staff on social service issues.
- Assisting RNs, physicians, and case managers with resolving domestic issues under a doctor's order.
Requirements
- Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW)
- Experience in medical and psychiatric social work, crisis intervention, and abuse preferred
- Bilingual preferred
- CA License as a Clinical Social Worker preferred
- Current BLS Card
