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Luminis Health · 5 months ago

Social Worker I -.4 FT-WKD Alt - AAMC

Annapolis, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$30/hr - $50/hr

1+ years exp

Luminis Health is a healthcare organization seeking a Social Worker I to provide counseling, crisis intervention, and transition planning services to patients and their families. The role involves conducting psychosocial assessments, collaborating with care coordinators, and facilitating linkages to community resources while ensuring effective communication within an interdisciplinary team.

Health CareMedicalNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments for patients identified by Care Coordinator, and/or interdisciplinary team

Creates a therapeutic framework for effective problem solving with patient and family

Responds to patient/family needs related to adjustment to illness, disability, critical care issues, acceptance of discharge recommendations, need for long-term care placement, end of life, grief, trauma, abuse and neglect, substance abuse, and mental health issues

Provides transition of care strategies in complex situations such as: substance abuse, psychiatric, or dual diagnosis placement/services, ventilator dependent patients, inpatient dialysis services, patients with no insurance needing skilled nursing facility placement, patients requiring guardianship, long term/custodial placement

Identifies community services and resources available to patients and families and facilitates linkage with those services

Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and communicates to him/her the progress and status of referred patients

Makes recommendations and revises plan based on continued evaluation and collaboration

Communicates proactively with members of care management and the interdisciplinary team as appropriate and indicated

Evaluates patient/family progress toward established goals

Participates in Care Conferences and Complex Care rounds as indicated to address patient/family issues/barriers and to help facilitate safe transitions of care

Integrates medical record and nursing information in assessment and interventions

Ensures timely, appropriate, and accurate evaluation and reporting of suspected child/elder abuse and or neglect

Assesses for domestic violence issues and involves domestic violence program coordinator as indicated and appropriate

Documents interventions in patient's medical record following department standards

Participates in process improvement activities in the care management department

Identifies opportunities for improvement and recommends

Qualification

LicensedSocial WorkerOf Social Work degreeHealthcare delivery experienceCrisis interventionCounseling skillsPsychosocial assessmentsCommunication skillsTeam collaboration