Social Worker 3 LCSW
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Job Location:
Lafayette, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
5 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Palliative Care Social Worker provides comprehensive psychosocial support and counseling to patients and their families as the navigate challenges of serious illness end-of-life care and bereavement. The position is an integral part of the interdisciplinary palliative care team working collaboratively with the entire care team to ensure that patients and families receive holistic care that aligns with the mission and values of the health system.
This position includes facilitating family meetings working with anticipatory grief and difficult family dynamics understanding placement options and appropriate social financial and legal services.
Responsibilities
Documentation
- Completes treatment plan documentation and updates according to patient needs and organizational expectations.
- Completes documentation of all patient and caregiver interactions.
- Completes documentation of all group individual and family activities.
- Explains and discusses the living will and durable power of attorney to patients and family members in a sensitive and caring manner in accordance with established hospital policy and procedure.
- Follows policies and procedures regarding discharge planning evaluations chart documentation and follow-up coordination ensures appropriate and efficient completion of authorization to provide or receive information and completes billing forms and writes letters and reports as indicated in a timely manner.
- Develops high quality and appropriate instructional materials for cardiac rehabilitation patients in an effort to facilitate patient recovery and promote overall patient wellness.
Communication Partnership and Collaboration
- Works collaboratively to solve problems improves processes develop services and acts as a patient advocate.
- Acts as an information and referral source by developing cooperative agreements with community agencies and services in an effort to meet patient needs and ensure that treatment is immediately relevant to the problems the patient is experiencing.
- Participates in departmental and organizational quality improvement initiatives.
- Provides high quality counseling to staff members and facilitates staff support groups in an effort to promote a positive working environment and address the immediate needs of fellow co-workers.
- Actively participates in the development and implementation of the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
- Actively participates in treatment team activities.
- Promotes a therapeutic milieu by formal and informal methods.
Professional Development
- Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team members; displays leadership behaviors.
- Identifies own learning needs based on self-evaluation and the progress made from the previous years goals.
- Accountable for all documentation and completion of all required continuing education and competencies relevant to area of practice as defined by clinical management.
- Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
- Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice serves as a resource preceptor and mentor.
- Leadership skills in critical thinking decision-making and problem solving.
Participates in community outreach services as an educational resource informing the public about innovative care management programs available to caregivers. - Provides high quality professional consultation and in-service education to medical and hospital staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities skills duties requirements efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e g. emergencies changes in personnel workload rush jobs or technological development).
Qualifications
- Must be licensed or masters degree clinical social worker through State
- Masters Degree
- Crisis Intervention Training within 90 days of employment
- Previous experience in social work.
- Proficient in the English language verbal and written communications skills basic computer skills
Key Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acute Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health
- Intake Experience
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Child Welfare
- Experience with Children
- Social Work
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is one of the largest healthcare systems based in Louisiana and is the leading healthcare provider for more than half the state’s population. The health system is a non-profit, Catholic organization sponsored by the Franciscan Miss ... View more
