Social Services Specialist - START Program - Days / Evenings

Full-time (80 hours biweekly)

Weekdays:

Monday/Tuesday 8-4:00 PM
Wednesday/Thursday 12:00 - 8:00 PM
Friday - 8- 4PM

General Summary

Plans, organizes and implements social services for patients and families.

Essential Functions:

• Interviews patients and family members to obtain information about home environment, family relationships, health history, and patient's personality traits.
• Evaluates data gathered in terms of the medical plan of treatment, available social service programs, and plans a pertinent therapy program that will provide each patient with maximum benefit.
• Assists patients and families to understand, accept, and follow medical recommendations.
• Utilizes resources to help patient resume life in the community or to learn to live with the disability.
• Interprets nature of illness and prescribed course of treatment to patients and families. Communicates family issues to other staff members. Participates in planning conferences.
• Assists in developing discharge and post-hospital care plans.
• Collaborates with other hospital programs and community agencies with which patients and families are involved.
• Performs follow-up calls and/or checks with health care and related agencies used after patient discharge.
• Prepares and maintains required documentation on each case.

Common Expectations:

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
• Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
• Develops relationships with community agencies, groups, and professional affiliations as appropriate.
• Attends meetings as required and participates on committees as requested.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree Preferred

Work Experience:

• Less than 1-year relevant experience required
• Social work with clinical specialty preferred

Licenses:

• Licensed Social Worker Upon Hire Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal/communications skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Able to maintain confidentiality.
• Able to act in a professional manner.
• Maintains job competency.

Benefits Offered:

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Short-term disability
• Education assistance
• Financial education and support, including DailyPay
• Wellness and Wellbeing programs
• Caregiver support via Wellthy
• Childcare referral service via Wellthy