Social Worker LCSW Exempt

Social Worker LCSW Exempt

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in social work: Required
• One year of professional social work experience: Required
• Current LCSW licensure required for LCSW in state of practice: Required
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in state of practice: Required
• Three years’ technical experience: Preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides resource information to organization in regards to clinical, financial, psychosocial, insurance and continued care issues.
• Identifies and assists in the placement and/or treatment of patients’ psychosocial needs in cooperation with the health care team.
• Interviews patients, family members and others to obtain relevant information to formulate short and long-term goals.
• Identifies and evaluates patient and family learning needs, abilities and readiness to learn.
• Participates within the interdisciplinary team to formulate discharge plan, working collaboratively with all members of the team.
• Prepares a written evaluation for the patient’s chart after initial interview, develops goals and notes addressing functional limitations.
• Determines need for patient referrals to other agencies or community resources.
• Coordinates collaborative resources such as Home Health and community services, and skilled nursing facility placement, as needed.
• Refers to health team members as appropriate, i.e., dietitian, physical therapy, pastoral care and financial assistance, etc.
• Provides clinical care efficiently/effectively using a high level of technical and organizational skills, as well as critical thinking ability.
• Supports clinical enterprise management in determining methods and procedures for new tasks.
• Acts as patient advocate, helping medical personnel understand social and emotional factors underlying patient’s health problem.
• Collaborates with family, physician, Home Health staff and community agencies to restore optimum patient/family, social and health adjustments within patient’s capacity.
• Conducts follow-up monitoring for selected patients.
• Assists in making recommendations to management on process improvement, new processes, tools and techniques, or development of new clinical services.
• Works under minimal supervision, uses independent judgment requiring analysis of variable factors.
• Serves as technical specialist on daily tasks and cases.
• Regularly models/mentors and trains staff on technical skills.
• Provides input into hiring and promotion decisions for staff.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years’ technical experience: Preferred