Social worker (MSW)
Social worker (MSW)
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Job Description
Location: 1500 Forest Glen Rd. Silver Spring MD 20910
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (M-F)
Pay Rate: $50/hr (W2) $53/hr (1099)
Position Overview:
- Conduct admission assessments to identify patients psychosocial needs
- Develop document and implement individualized discharge plans
- Coordinate post-discharge services including:
- Home health care
- Subacute and acute rehab placements
- Community resources for homeless or at-risk patients
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- Work collaboratively with care managers nurses physicians and interdisciplinary teams
- Attend daily discharge planning meetings
- Actively communicate with patients and families to provide education support and planning
- Ensure compliance with hospital state and federal discharge regulations
- May work in a dedicated inpatient unit or rotate across multiple units
- High interaction with patients families and interdisciplinary healthcare teams
- This is not a therapy or counseling role - focus is on care coordination and discharge readiness
- Masters degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited institution
- 3 years of recent hospital-based discharge planning experience
- Experience working with:
- Adult pediatric and maternal health patients
- Homeless populations and complex psychosocial cases
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- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced hospital environment
- Proficient in documenting assessments and discharge plans using electronic medical records (EMR)
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Employment Type
Full-time
