Social Worker Case Management

Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave Springfield Missouri United States of America 65807

Department:

1085 Case Management South

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Hours:

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals 5 ERs and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcares Best Places to work five times.

• Named one of Americas Greatest Workplaces Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare () Greatest Workplaces for Women () and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

• Healthcare InnovationsTop Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

• Medical Vision Dental Retirement with Employer Match and more (20 hrs/week)

• For a comprehensive list of benefits please click here:Benefits CoxHealth

Job Description:

Provides supportive advocacy to patients and their families as part of an interdisciplinary health care team to overcome barriers to progression-of-care and facilitate a safe and coordinated discharge to the community. Services may include parenting issues substance abuse stress management adjustment to illness trauma and bereavement geriatric depression and other mental health or emotional difficulties that impede the patients progression of care.

Education:
Required: Bachelors Degree in Social Work
Experience:
Required: No Prior Experience
Preferred: Recent work experience in health care
Skills:
Good communication skills Ability to communicate effectively in written format and/or oral presentations
Strong analytical & problem solving skills; semi-independent in decision making
Ability to maintain organization in a changing environment
Exhibit initiative responsibility & flexibility
Must be able to initiate and understand research related to projects
Learn and appropriately utilize all required computer applications including but not limited to E-mail Windows-based or Microsoft programs
Ability to write effective documentation for processes and procedures.
Ability to make routine decisions in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
Appropriate assessment skills
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
License in Social work preferred
Eligible to sit for and successfully pass the test of certification as a certified Case Manager ( CCM) or Accredited Care Manager (ACM) preferred