Social Worker - Case Management - Weekend Option

Description

: Provides supportive advocacy to patients and their families as

part of an interdisciplinary health care team to overcome barriers

to progression-of-care and facilitate a safe and coordinated

discharge to the community. Services may include parenting issues,

substance abuse, stress management, adjustment to illness, trauma

and bereavement, geriatric depression, and other mental health or

emotional difficulties that impede the patient’s progression of

care.

The training period for this role is

Monday-Friday. After the training period, the employee would work

weekends.

Education :

Required : Bachelor's Degree in Social Work

▪ Preferred : Master's Degree in Social

Work

Experience :

▪ Required : No Prior

Experience

▪ Preferred : Recent work experience in health

care

Skills :

▪ Good communication skills –

Ability to communicate effectively in written format and / or oral

presentations

▪ Strong analytical & problem solving

skills; semi-independent in decision making

▪ Ability to

maintain organization in a changing environment

▪ Exhibit

initiative, responsibility & flexibility

▪ Must be

able to initiate and understand research related to projects

▪ Learn and appropriately utilize all required computer

applications, including but not limited to E-mail, Windows-based or

Microsoft programs

▪ Ability to write effective

documentation for processes and procedures.

▪ Ability to

make routine decisions in accordance with departmental policies and

procedures.

▪ Appropriate assessment skills

Licensure / Certification / Registration :

▪ License in Social

work preferred

▪ Eligible to sit for, and successfully

pass the test of certification as a certified Case Manager ( CCM)

or Accredited Care Manager (ACM) preferred