LMSW-Licensed Social Worker - Bilingual

Description for Internal Candidates    

Job Description

Provides case and group work services to patients and/or their families during patient's Hospital stay. Ensures continuity of medical care by referral to appropriate follow-up services.

Job Responsibility

 

• * Provides direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help clients maximize their functioning.Travel to patient homes, community resources, community meetings may be required.
• * Advocates on behalf of the client to ensure maximum access to health care.
• * Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by hospital policies and procedures.
• * Functions in a consultative and educative capacity with all pertinent individuals or agencies that impact on patients.
• * Prepares materials for supervisory conferences.
• May direct the activities of paraprofessional staff, social work interns and volunteers.May participate in appropriate research, staff development programs and community liaison activities.
• Performs related duties, as required.

*ADA Essential Functions

 

Job Qualification

 

•    Master's Degree in social work, required 
•    MSW from accredited School of Social Work, required
•    LMSW required within one year of employment
•    Bi-lingual in Spanish speaking required
•    CASAC preferred
•    Pre-masters in Adult population required
•    6 Months in Adult population required
•    Pre-masters in Adolescent population required
•    Pre-Masters work experience with Abuse/neglect/domestic violence preferred
•    Pre-Masters work experience with Aids/HIV preferred
•    Pre-Masters work experience with Alcoholism required
•    6 months work experience with Alcoholism required
•    Pre-Masters work experience with Developmental/behavior disorder preferred
•    Pre-Masters work experience with Psychiatric preferred
•    6 months work experience with Psychiatric preferred
•    Pre-Masters work experience with substance abuse required
•    6 months work experience with substance abuse required

Experience in case management, cognitive/behavioral community devel, discharge planning, group work, individual, & outpatient preferred.

 

*Additional Salary Detail 
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).