Licensed Social Worker - LCSW - FT - Days - JDCH

Summary

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) provides advanced clinical social work services with expertise on high-risk psychosocial, behavioral health, and legally complex cases in the acute care setting. Incumbents in this role manage a caseload and serve as clinical experts and resources for cases requiring advanced social interventions. The LCSW utilizes specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills to help in the areas of assessment, treatment of medical, patient/caregiver navigation, mental health and behavioral disorders, and discharge planning.

Responsibilities

• Consults and collaborates with multidisciplinary transplant providers.
• Makes appropriate referrals to community agencies, including DCF, APS, SSA, CMS, and disease-specific resources.
• Designs and facilitates support groups and other programs.
• Interviews and assesses patients, family, caregivers, and/or legal representatives.
• Performs comprehensive psychosocial assessments for moderate or high-risk patients to assist with care coordination and discharge planning needs.
• Develops behavioral agreements with patients and/or families that address adherence and commitment to treatment plan.
• Assists with patient fundraising.
• Leads complex family meetings.
• Assists patients in comprehension of complex instructions, resolves conflicts, or facilitates conflict resolution.
• Provides crisis intervention for patients and family members.
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds and identifies appropriate resources for financial, insurance, transportation, housing, healthcare, mental health, and spiritual services.
• Manages cases involving guardianship, abuse/neglect, ethical concerns, and legal involvement.
• Documents clinical assessments and interventions.
• May supervise and/or train new staff, students, and interns.

Competencies

Accountability, analysis and decision making, clinical policies and standards, customer service, develops relationships, discharge planning clinical effectiveness, intake - behavioral health, patient and family centered care, problem solving, responding to change, standards of behavior.

Education and Certification Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work required. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (SW License) - State of Florida (FL).

Additional Job Information

Complexity of Work: Requires critical thinking skills, effective verbal and written communication skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful and fast-paced environment and take appropriate action. Must have strong organizational, priority setting, and multi-tasking skills. Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information.

Required Work Experience: A minimum of two (2) years' post-MSW experience in the related field required. Previous experience working in a hospital setting.