Job Description:

The Social Worker is a key member of the interdisciplinary team who provides and oversees the provision of psychosocial care for selected patients and families. The Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments, provides intervention and treatment as indicated, identifies high-risk psychosocial factors of patients/families that impact health status and helps hospital staff understand the influence of those factors upon the course of medical care. The Social Worker provides clinical evaluation, intervention, and planning for patients with complex psychosocial risk (homelessness, protective services, frail elderly, disabled, psychiatric and substance abuse, etc.) and works effectively as part of interdisciplinary health care teams. The Social Worker provides clinical services to patients/families that address psychosocial, environmental, age-specific, and cultural issues in order to maximize emotional, social, and physical wellbeing and the effective use of health care and community resources.


This position reports to the Director, Case Management and Social Work and operates within established organizational and departmental policies and procedures.



Qualifications

• Associated Masters Degree with independent license or equivalent required; Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work preferred


• Licensure as a certified Social Worker (LICSW, LCSW, LMHC) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required


• Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years experience in medical social work in an acute care hospital setting required


• Experience in behavioral health and substance abuse preferred


• Strong demonstrated knowledge of health care services across the continuum required


• Demonstrated proficiency with personal computers and ability to learn departmental software required


• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, together with cultural awareness required

EEO Statement

It is the policy of Cooley Dickinson Health Care to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Cooley Dickinson Health Care will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.


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