Ambulatory Social Worker - Behavioral Health Adult - FT - Day

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Job Information
Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

A Brief Overview
Social Workers are professionals trained to provide social work/case management services to patients, their families, and their support persons/systems. This includes the professional activity of assisting individuals, families, groups, organizations or communities to enhance or restore the patient's capacity for social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals.

Experience Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications

• Licensed Bachelor Social Worker - KSBSRB Temporary licensure may be accepted but full licensure must be achieved within 6 months of hire. Required or
Licensed Masters Social Worker - KSBSRB Temporary licensure may be accepted but full licensure must be achieved within 6 months of hire. Required

What you will do

• Participates in patient admission process (Inpatient, Outpatient, PHP, IOP) a) assists as needed with signing of voluntary papers, b) serves as hospital representative and patient advocate.
• Coordinates and facilitates behavioral health services for patients and their families throughout the entire Stormont Vail Health system including but not limited to: Cotton O’Neil Clinic settings, Intensive Outpatient Program, Psychological Services, Outpatient Psychiatric Department, Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, or Behavioral Health Admissions Department.
• Performs social work assessments, demonstrating awareness of the bio-psychosocial, cultural, developmental and spiritual ramifications of illness and hospitalization.
• Develops appropriate case management and/or treatment plan based upon assessment, client/family/caregiver specific concerns and recommendations of multidisciplinary care team.
• Addresses patient/family/caregiver understanding of and adjustment to the illness, to maximize benefits of intervention and enhance patient/family/caregiver functioning.
• In the process of restoring the patient’s capacity for social functioning: Initiates discharge planning upon admission, Is responsible for assuring these plans are coordinated with internal and external multidisciplinary teams and are implemented, and initiates and develops long term planning designed to reduce recidivism, referrals are to be made as indicated.
• Develops and facilitates groups for patients and/or significant others as needed.
• Maintains professional levels of productivity. Coordinates and prioritizes patient care related activities in an efficient and effective manner.
• Demonstrates initiative and provides problem solving and leadership in the development of new services, which respond to patient care demands.
• Maintains confidentiality and complies with professional ethics according to professional, departmental and Medical Center standards.
• Actively participates and initiates when appropriate inpatient care conferences.
• Provide patient education regarding diagnosis and treatment.
• Provide crisis and/or brief therapeutic support for individual, family and group.
• Assess patient and family functioning at time of discharge or referral to another provider.
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner with patients/families/caregivers regarding patient status and progress. Adjusts communication style responsive to receiver.
Establishes supportive and therapeutic working relationship with patient/family/caregivers.

Required for All Jobs

• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
Performs other duties as assigned

Patient Facing Options

Remote Work Guidelines

• Workspace is a quiet and distraction-free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards.
• Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
• Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours.
• Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
Abide by Stormont Vail’s Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.

Remote Work Capability

Scope

• No Supervisory Responsibility
No Budget Responsibility No Budget Responsibility

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Hearing: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Lifting: Rarely less than 1 hour up to 50 lbs
• Reaching (Forward): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
• Repetitive Motions: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Sitting: Frequently 3-5 Hours
• Standing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
• Talking: Frequently 3-5 Hours
Walking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours

Working Conditions

• Combative Patients: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Infectious Diseases: Rarely less than 1 hour
• Noise/Sounds: Occasionally 1-3 Hours

Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment.

Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.