Job description

GENERAL SUMMARY

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.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $25.90 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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