The Social Worker Intern is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
* Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited program required.
* Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.
* Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.
* Ability to analyze data.
* Familiar with PC.
* Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.
* Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies.
* Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements.
* Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change.
* Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS.
* Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.
* Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
* LLMSW required.
* Must obtain full licensure upon 12 months of completing 4,000 supervised hours in a full time status.
* A limited licensed MSW must practice under direct supervision of a LMSW.
* A LLMSW must sit for and pass The State Board after acquiring 4,000 hours of supervised social work experience.
* This previous supervised work experience may be acquired outside of the Henry Ford Health System.
Additional Information:
* Organization: Behavioral Services
* Shift: Day Job
* Union Code: Not Applicable
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
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