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General Purpose of Job :
Provided by a trained and licensed professional, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker reports to the Director of Clinical Practice and Therapeutic Arts or the Care Coordination Manager. As a direct care provider, will provide a wide range of services to include; emotional support, supportive, goal directed, and therapeutic counseling, education, screening, assessment of patient and family needs, treatment planning, safety planning, and referral to community resources as they address the social and emotional aspects of a patient’s illness and the impact of illness on the patient and family. They also assist Nursing, Physicians, and Case Managers in discharge planning / coordination of care and work with outside agencies to ensure appropriate continuity of care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Hospital Specific
· Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
· Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
· Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
· Follows The Driscoll Way customer service standards set forth by the Hospital.
· Maintains annual education requirements (Cornerstone).
Administrative
· Provides peer support.
· Provides opportunities for process and debriefing support for issues such as grief, conflict, and interaction with families.
· Provides advanced practice clinical supervision (LCSW-S).
· Develops and participates in the training (precepting) of new employees, supervision of Social Work students, and cross training of Social Workers.
· Participates in Social Work and other departmental staff meetings.
· Ensures services are faithful to updated standards of practice / best practice.
· Liaison with local Social Work schools. Onboards new students and ensures student exposure meets assigned learning plans.
· Special Projects as assigned.
Department Specific
· Serves as a resource for other departments.
· Maintains and follows specialty specific Code of Conduct set forth by licensing board.
· Responsible for professional supervision and continuing education to maintain state licensure.
· Travels to ambulatory clinics and the main hospital campus for education, and meetings as requested.
· Participates in Chart Audits for quality assurance.
· Participates in the review and revision of community resource lists.
· Participates in periodic review and revision of policy and procedures.
Patient Care
· Responds to Physician orders and Nursing functional screening requests timely.
· Makes daily rounds in assigned unit(s).
· Proactively screen for high risk; determine need for/eligibility for services; identify strengths/coping capabilities; and assess informal and formal network of support through psychosocial assessment.
· Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, education, and discharge planning to support identified or potential barriers to care related to social support limitations, lack of understanding, complex medical concerns, mental health and substance abuse issues, family violence, emotional stability, and behavioral risks.
· Assists family in understanding medical and treatment information.
· Provides mediation and crisis intervention for families in a…