Social Worker (S)

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Job Location (Full Address):

601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642

Opening:

Worker Subtype:

Regular

Time Type:

Part time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Department:

500180 Social Work - Adult Services

Work Shift:

UR - Night (United States of America)

Range:

UR URCE 211

Compensation Range:

$63,003.00 - $80,600.00

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job's compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Responsibilities:

Provides professional social work services to patients and their families; collaborates with hospital staff and community social services resources relative to the psycho-social problems of patients; participates in formulating procedures and policies of the Division of Social Service; and participates in educational and research programs, including the orientation and training of new staff and students.

Social Worker - Overnight
Emergency Department
Description of Patient Population:

Neonate(s)

X Pediatric(s) 0-12

X Adolescent(s) 13-17

X Adult(s) 18-65

X Geriatric(s) 65+

General Description

The social worker, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team, provides social work clinical services, including transfer management, discharge planning, to individuals and families of all ages who come to the Emergency Department for care.

The social worker also provides consultation to inpatient staff regarding psychosocial issues and community resources if the assigned social worker is unavailable (between 4:30PM and 8AM).

Specific Responsibilities

Clinical: 95%

- Manages patient transfers to Highland Hospital as per transfer protocol.

- Performs risk screening and evaluation of ED and admitted boarding patients age 80 years and above, as well as complaints suggestive of abuse or neglect, alcohol or substance abuse or domestic violence.

- Performs psychosocial assessments of patients identified through risk evaluation or referral.

- Collaborates with ED and inpatient physician, nursing and Community Health Nursing staff in developing an interdisciplinary care and/or discharge plan for the patient.

- Provides social work interventions to patients and their families including emotional support in crisis situations, information about and referral to community resources, facilitation of patient transfer to other care facilities and other services relevant to the patient's discharge from the ED.

- Provides appropriate assessment and intervention services for children and adults suspected of being victims of abuse, neglect and/or domestic violence.

- Notifies the inpatient social workers of admitted patients when the ED social worker has gathered relevant psychosocial information.

- Notifies the Social Work Administrator on call of potential non-acute inpatient admissions and collaborates with the Manager in activities to divert the admission.

- Provides consultation to other ED staff about psychosocial issues and resources for individual ED patients.

- Provides consultation upon request to other hospital units regarding psychosocial questions and community resources if assigned social work staff is unavailable.

- Develops and maintains knowledge of hospital and community resources relevant to the needs of ED and admitted boarding patients and their families.

- Notifies SMH Pediatric consultant of all possible cases of abuse or neglect. Collaborates with CPS to ensure safe & appropriate discharges of Pediatric patients with complaints suggestive of abuse or neglect.

- Documents all activities in the patient's ED chart, or, in the case of other unit patients receiving direct social work service, in the patient's hospital medical record, in accordance with the Social Work Division policy and procedure.

- Provides coverage services that are requested during the absence of co-workers. Including shift modification in order to accommodate ED social work absences including days, evenings, a