Social Worker

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The Social Worker provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, treatment, and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis or life situations. The incumbent strives to meet the continuing needs of patients post hospitalization.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Interviews clients and their families and coordinates programs and activities to meet their social and emotional needs.
2. Provides crisis intervention and assists families in understanding the implications and complexities of the medical situation and its impact on lifestyle.
3. Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental problems.
4. Formulates and implements plans utilizing appropriate social work interventions.
5. Collaborates with the healthcare team and involves the patients and families in the development and implementation of plans.
6. Assists with the screening, identification, and management of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and rape.
7. Makes referrals and serves as a resource for the healthcare team and serves as a patient advocate.
8. Maintains a working knowledge of relevant medical and legal issues and preserves records and statistics.
9. Attends and participates in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
10. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required

Experience:
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required

Certification and Licensing:
Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
 

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

A9