Social Worker Associate | PRN
Social Worker Associate | PRN
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25-07-2025
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Job Description
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Day Shift (United States of America)Pay Range:
The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.
$22.75 - $34.75Position Highlights
You Belong at Avera
Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.
A Brief Overview
Responsible to plan organize and implement social work service to patients and families. Maintains contact with referring agencies and related people and with community resources used for referral. The Social Worker Associate will complete psychosocial evaluations and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team will be responsible for discharge planning and aftercare of patients on the unit. May assist with direct patient care in various units.
What you will do
- Interviews patient and family members to obtain information about home environment family relationships health history and patients personality traits.
- Evaluates data gathered in terms of the medical plan of treatment available social service programs and plan a pertinent therapy program that will provide maximum benefits for each patient.
- Assists patients and families to understand accept and follow medical recommendations.
- Performs a variety of services such as advising on social problems arranging for discharge care at home or in institutions placement of patients into foster homes or temporary placement and alleviation of anxieties and fears.
- Utilizes resources to assist patient to resume life in the community or to learn to live with a disability.
- Prepares required documentation of each case. Maintain records reports and other duties as required.
- Maintains department policies procedures objectives and performance improvement program safety infection and environmental control.
- Serves as the social work representative on multi-disciplinary team approach to patient care.
- Provide community education services and group activity service.
Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others hear understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.
Required Education License/Certification or Work Experience:
- Bachelors
- Social Worker Associate - Licensing Board active in state of practice Upon Hire
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of Averas mission vision core values and social principles to serve patients their families and our community.
- Promote Averas values of compassion hospitality and stewardship.
- Uphold Averas standards of Communication Attitude Responsiveness and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Work effectively in a team environment coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
- Comply with safety principles laws regulations and standards associated with but not limited to CMS The Joint Commission DHHS and OSHA if applicable.
Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability Veteran Status or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application please call 1- or send an email to .
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
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