Social Worker II MSW-Nonexempt

Medical University of South Carolina • Orangeburg, SC

23h

About The Position

This job will be managing patient care at Hollings Cancer Center of Orangeburg and Sickle Cell Clinic of Orangeburg. Responsible for providing social services and coordinating activities to meet patients' social and emotional needs. Identifies and assesses client cases and anticipates their needs related to illness, hospitalization, finances, education and home or community services. Serves as a liaison between health care facilities, community resources and government agencies. If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!
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MUSC attracts more than $250 million annually in research funding, making it the biggest magnet for biomedical, extramural research dollars of all institutions of higher learning in South Carolina. The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program aims to advance clinical and translational science to increase the speed at which new treatments become available to patients.
MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise, operates a 750 bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children’s Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center (one of fewer than 70 elite National Cancer Institute designated centers), a Level I Trauma Center and the Institute of Psychiatry. In addition, there are more than 100 outreach clinics, hospital/health system affiliations, and telehealth sites. U.S. News & World Report placed us among the top one percent of all American hospitals, with 11 specialties in the top 50. The MUSC Medical Center is also one of only three Magnet® designated hospitals in South Carolina.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• MSW licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners is required.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in case management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interviews clients and/or family to assess the client's current developmental level, ego strengths and deficits, situation strengths and weaknesses and mental status.
• Discusses the proposed plan with the client detailing the recommendations and the reasoning for them, and identifies alternative interventions and methods.
• Coordinates external services for clients and serves as client advocate to ensure continuing services are received.
• Meets with community groups to discuss and review available programs and to identify areas where resources need to be allocated.
• Develops plans of care through consultation with professionals from areas such as nursing, psychology, psychiatry, medicine and chaplaincy. These plans of care needs listed but not limited to the following: arranging transportation needs to appointments, setting up home health referrals, hospice referrals, and/or providing resources for disparity needs due to care.
• Monitors and documents progress of clients and makes service adjustments.
• Conducts community planning, support groups, needs assessment and evaluation concerning societal conditions which impact on social functioning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level