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What You be doing in this Role:

Provides a full range of social work services in collaboration with other CSMC staff to meet the psychosocial and discharge planning needs of patients/families/significant others. Active participation in Department's continuing education/staff development programs. Involved in program planning in assigned service areas along with the organization of social work activities. Provides social work services to patients and their families with psychosocial needs. To assure patients receive benefit from medical and/or psychiatric care and post-hospital planning.

Psychosocial evaluation -- identification of problems affecting optimal patient care and the development of a treatment plan.

Crisis intervention.

Individual and family counseling.

Discharge planning and case coordination

Interdisciplinary discussion of psychosocial implications of illness including consultation regarding treatments and resources designed to solve the problems of the patients.

Develops and maintains productive relationships with community health, welfare, and social agencies

Initiates program planning and development in assigned services/programs

Educational Requirements:

Graduate of an accredited School of Social Work with a Master?s degree
    

License/Certification:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required.

Experience:

A minimum of 1 year of acute care hospital experience required.