Social Worker

Social Worker

The Social Worker is responsible for utilizing judgment and critical thinking skills to identify and address the psychosocial needs of the patient or resident through assessment and care planning.

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Completes psycho / social assessment promptly.
• Provides social services (age and culturally-specific) to patients.
• Assesses financial situation and acts on patient’s behalf for community, state, and national resources.
• Identifies and resolves problems that impede discharge planning or the patient’s use of health care resources.
• Collaborates with the care team to develop and revise a discharge plan as necessary throughout the patient’s stay and implement it to ensure a safe and reliable transition to the next level of care.
• Provides education to patients and caregivers identified services.
• Maintains a resource guide of area agencies, including HME, Home Care, Home Infusion, and Nursing Homes for patient choice and post-discharge services.
• Maintains a resource guide of community resources, providers and partners.
• Maintains criteria to prioritize high-risk patients.
• Assists patients with advance directives.
• Advocates for patient rights and protection.
• Assists as a mediator with patient / family / facility conflicts or ethical dilemmas.
• Serves as an authority in programs relating to community resources.
• Timely processes, reports, and coordinates investigations of abuse, neglect, guardianship, and other cases to the appropriate advocacy, criminal, regulatory, and / or authority agency.
• Participates in Quality and Performance Improvement activities.

Education :

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work required. Education as a Generalist and applying skills to all age groups. Master’s Degree in Social Work preferred.

Experience :

Two years of clinical experience, preferably in acute care social work, care management, and discharge planning, required.

Licensure / Certification :

Licensed in Kentucky by the State Board of Examiners of Social Work within 36 months from the date of employment required.

Physical / Work Requirements :

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is required to communicate effectively. Specific vision abilities this job requires include close vision for reading and computer work. The employee must lift and / or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move more than 50 pounds.

The work environment described here is representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in an area with good lighting and climate control. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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