Social Worker

We're Hiring: Social Worker!

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Social Worker to join our team and make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals and families. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to advocating for vulnerable populations while providing essential support services.

Location: Detroit, MI
Role: Social Worker
Contract Duration: 12 months to start, strong possibility to extend and/or convert.

General Summary:

The Social Worker 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.
• Social work or protective services experience preferred.
• Working knowledge/experience in utilization management, managed care and payor issues preferred.
• Experience in psychosocial and therapeutic counseling preferred. 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.
• Possess interpersonal communication and negotiation skills in interactions with patients, families, physicians, and health care team colleagues.
• Possess analytical, data management and PC skills.
• Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.
• Ability to work independently, 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:

• LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure required

Social Worker (SW) Primary Responsibilities:
Services provided in Outpatient clinical setting to include:

• Completing Social Determinates of Health screening to identify barriers that impact engagement in HIV medical care.
• Complete referral(s) to community resource(s) to meet pt need(s).
• Documentation of progress notes within EPIC (electronic medical record).
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of population serviced.
• Working with diverse populations (LGBTQ+)
• Experienced with Microsoft Word / Excel
• Foster work relationships with community agencies
• Participate in community training opportunities to develop / enhance skills
• Insurance Navigation Skills
• Treatment Adherence, Health Education and Risk Reduction Counseling Skills
• HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral and Early Intervention Services Trainings must be completed within 1 year of hire
• Other Duties as assigned

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