Outpatient GYNOB Social Worker
Baltimore, MD - USA
Job Summary
What Awaits You:
- Opportunities for Career Growth Build a meaningful career with access to professional development mentorship and advancement pathways.
- Collaborative and Inclusive Environment Work alongside a diverse team of professionals who value mutual respect innovation and teamwork.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package Take advantage of a competitive and affordable benefits program that supports your health financial security and overall well-being.
- $5000 Sign-on bonus
GYN/OB Social Worker II
Join our GYN/OB ambulatory care team as a Social Worker II providing compassionate family-centered psychosocial care to patients navigating acute and chronic womens health gynecologic obstetric and reproductive health conditions. This role plays a vital part in supporting patients and families through comprehensive psychosocial assessment brief therapeutic intervention crisis support and care coordination to help improve health outcomes and treatment adherence.
The Social Worker collaborates closely with an interdisciplinary team to address the social emotional behavioral and environmental factors that impact care. This position requires strong knowledge of healthcare behavioral health educational child welfare and community service systems as well as the ability to connect patients and families with appropriate resources and supports across settings. The ideal candidate will bring cross-system experience in both clinical and community-based environments with the ability to build collaborative relationships that promote continuity of care and strengthen access to culturally responsive services.
Spanish language proficiency is preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments for GYN/OB patients and families
- Provide brief therapeutic interventions supportive counseling and crisis assessment
- Develop and implement safety plans as needed
- Support patients and families with adjustment to illness diagnosis treatment pregnancy delivery postpartum care and care transitions
- Offer caregiver support advocacy and education
- Collaborate with physicians nurses therapists and other members of the interdisciplinary care team
- Identify psychosocial barriers to care and assist with treatment adherence and care planning
- Connect patients and families to appropriate community resources and support services
- Maintain collaborative relationships with community partners to support coordinated care
- Document assessments interventions and care plans accurately and timely in the electronic medical record
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education
- Master of Social Work (MSW) required
Licensure
- Valid LCSW-C required
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Strong understanding of the psychosocial impact of illness on patients and families
- Experience working in cross-system environments including clinical and community-based settings
- Ability to work independently in a healthcare or mental health setting
- Strong assessment counseling and problem-solving skills
- Ability to develop comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and treatment plans
- Knowledge of community resources and public service systems
- Excellent communication documentation and organizational skills
- Proficiency with electronic medical records and standard office systems
- Ability to build effective collaborative relationships with patients families internal teams and community partners
Work Environment
- This position does not require regular evening or weekend hours.
Salary Range: Minimum 34.62/hour - Maximum 57.19/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.
The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.
We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where we embrace and celebrate our differences where all employees feel valued contribute to our mission of serving the community and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.
Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.
Required Experience:
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