Guide Social Worker (Department of Neurology)

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Posted Job Title

Guide Social Worker (Department of Neurology)

Job Profile Title

Manager Research Project B

Job Description Summary

The Penn Memory Center at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to hire a social worker to join their multidisciplinary team to support the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) program. The GUIDE program provides comprehensive, coordinated dementia care and aims to improve quality of life for people with dementia, reduce strain on their caregivers/support network(s), and enable people with dementia to remain in their homes and communities. This full-time position in an outpatient practice in the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine will be responsible for supporting older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and their caregivers/support network(s). The social worker will train care navigators on common issues affecting patients with dementia and their caregivers, and they will supervise the care navigators, providing ongoing clinical guidance and consultation around working with this population. They will be responsible for ensuring that care navigators are in compliance with all program requirements including regular patient contact, clinical documentation, and resource allotment. They will facilitate multiple monthly caregiver support groups, as well as psychoeducational caregiver classes each year. The person in this position will be part of a team working with neurologists, geriatricians, psychiatrists, APPs and other social workers, including MSW interns, to deliver high-quality, coordinated care. They will work with the program manager to prepare data to be sent to program funders, such as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Supervision for clinical licensure (LCSW) is available if requested.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:
-Collaborate and coordinate with other members of the multidisciplinary team internal to Penn and external providers to ensure continuity of care and transitional care management for GUIDE par