Clinical Social Worker, Per Diem, Faulkner Hospital

Mass General Brigham • Jamaica Plain, MA

7h • $32 - $47 • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Social Worker is responsible for assuming assigned patient caseloads on inpatient medicine and surgery, Addiction Recovery Program, or emergency department. Reporting to the Social Work Manager or a designated supervisor, the social worker will provide bio-psychosocial assessments and interventions for patients and/or families impacted by a patient’s acute medical needs and any psychosocial factors or barriers impacting their care. The social worker will identify high risk psychosocial factors impacting a patient’s health status and, as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, will help the hospital staff understand the influence of those factors on the patient’s course of medical care. The social worker will effectively intervene through evaluation, emotional supportive therapy and/or other therapeutic modality, provision of resources and recommendations, and team collaboration around potential barriers to care in the community and around discharge needs. The social worker will have knowledge in mandated reporting, cultural and/or age specific impact, homelessness, substance use disorders, psychiatric illness, and the various community agency and resources available. Ability to lead groups for inpatient addiction program is preferred.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited program.
• Current professional licensure in Massachusetts (LCSW required, LICSW preferred).
• Minimum of one year experience working in a health care setting or related field preferred.
• Minimum of graduate level internship experience in appropriate setting.
• Knowledge of specific medical/psychiatric illnesses, procedures and treatments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills necessary to work within a team.
• Ability to provide rapid clinical psychosocial assessments and interventions with individuals and families
• Advanced crisis intervention skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of community agencies/resources.
• Ability to advocate/negotiate systems for/with patients.
• Tolerance for ambiguity.
• Cultural sensitivity.
• Adheres to all C.A.R.E. Standards.
• Clinical Experience in a medical setting 0-1 years required Clinical Social Worker I
• Clinical Experience in a medical setting 2-3 years required Clinical Social Worker II

Nice To Haves

• Ability to lead groups for inpatient addiction program is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assuming assigned patient caseloads on inpatient medicine and surgery, Addiction Recovery Program, or emergency department.
• Providing bio-psychosocial assessments and interventions for patients and/or families impacted by a patient’s acute medical needs and any psychosocial factors or barriers impacting their care.
• Identifying high risk psychosocial factors impacting a patient’s health status.
• Helping the hospital staff understand the influence of those factors on the patient’s course of medical care.
• Effectively intervening through evaluation, emotional supportive therapy and/or other therapeutic modality, provision of resources and recommendations, and team collaboration around potential barriers to care in the community and around discharge needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time