Number of Positions in Requisition
1
Job Details
The Social Worker will provide psychosocial support, behavioral
health coordination, care management, and resource navigation services for autistic individuals and families participating in the Autism Medical Home Center of Excellence initiative. The SW will support integrated behavioral healthcare delivery through interdisciplinary collaboration, crisis
intervention, family support, and care coordination activities.
The SW will assist patients and caregivers in addressing psychosocial barriers impacting healthcare access, continuity of care, behavioral health needs, transition planning, and social determinants of health
Job Description
Job Summary
Provides social work services, assesses and enhances the patient's/family's/significant other's ability to
cope with physical, emotional and environmental problems related to illness/convalescence and
discharge plan. Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish a
discharge plan for the patient.
Essential Functions
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Conducts psychosocial assessment/reassignment of patients/significant others relating to the social,
emotional and cognitive capabilities of patients in relationship to their illness and health
maintenance needs.
• Develops and implements a plan of intervention that addresses identified needs related to
needs/problems identified during assessment.
• Collaborated with the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate discharge planning
• Provides counseling for patient/family/significant others to assist with coping with new diagnoses,
chronic illness and palliative or terminal care
• Advocates on behalf of the patients/families to enable them to obtain necessary services.
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):
Knowledge of: Medical terminology and disease process; Community resources; Insurance regulations
and requirements
Skill in: Work with multidisciplinary teams, outside resources, patients/families/significant others
Ability to: Establish an appropriate plan to safely discharge patients to the next level of care
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Education:
Graduate from an accredited Masters of Social Work program required. Masters of Social Work
required.
AND
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.
Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:
Active LSW or LCSW required for New Jersey positions and preferred for Pennsylvania positions.
Other Functions (in addition to Essential Functions)
• Serves as a resource and provides counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end of
life care issues.
• Refers patient/significant other to community based services/resources to meet patient's continuum of
care needs.
• Coordinates team and/or family conferences when necessary to facilitate patient's care progression.
• Provides psychosocial counseling and crisis interventions to patients/significant others with needs.
Provides interventions in cases involving child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, elder abuse and
institutional abuse. Provides intervention in cases involving guardianship, foster care, adoption,
psychiatric assessment and placement, Advance Directives (Center City), trauma and substance abuse.
• Facilitates completion of all placement related documentation in nursing home grants, applications, etc.
Completes referrals to options programs where appropriate.
• Documents in accordance with hospital and departmental requirements.
• Works with Case Managers in providing discharge planning services per departmental policies and
procedures in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and patient/family.
• Identifies patients and locates family and/or next of kin.
• Educates patients/significant others on the process for obtaining health insurance. Provides appropriate
documents/information to apply for welfare insurance.
• When necessary, initiates medical assistance application in a timely manner (Center City) or ensure
medical assistance application has been initiated by identified external agencies (excludes Center City).
Follows up with identified external service regarding application.
• Provides psychosocial assessment and intervention as well as documents in the electronic medical record
updates throughout patient's hospitalization, discharge planning process and relevant post-acute care
• Supervises field placement of MSW students.
• When appropriate, refer case to the Placement Official Social Worker to assist in obtaining placement for
the patient's discharge (Center City and Abington/Lansdale).
• Precept and mentor new staff members to their role and department
Salary Range
$83,027.05 to $118,313.07 Annual
The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.
Positions posted as annual salaries reflect an estimated amount for a 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) (i.e. 40 hour equivalent)), positions for less than 1.0 FTE will be prorated.)
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Kennedy Medical Group, Practice, PC
Primary Location Address
333 Laurel Oak Road, Voorhees, New Jersey, United States of America
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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