Clinical Social Worker - LICSW (Per Diem)
Company: Tufts Medical Center
Location: Boston
Posted on: October 29, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Profile Summary ----This role focuses on safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of patients and can provide services if
necessary. - In addition, this role focuses on performing the
following Social Work duties: Provides social work assistance to
patients and families relating to illness, disease, hospitalization
and life events in all areas of service as a member of
multi-disciplinary team and in liaison with community resources. -
Responsibilities also include identification, assessment, and
coordination of cases and anticipation of needs related to illness,
hospitalization, finances, education, and home/community service. -
A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work
of other lower level professionals or manage processes and
programs. - The majority of time is spent overseeing the design,
implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies
using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through
advanced education. - - A senior level role that requires advanced
knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education
and work experience. - Typically responsible for: managing projects
/ processes, working independently with limited supervision,
coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals,
resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems. - -Job Overview
-This position a range of clinical social work services to
patients/clients and families in inpatient, ambulatory and
community settings utilizing individual, family or group modalities
and practicing within the guidelines of professional social work
ethics and standards. Participate in a multi-discipline case
conferences. - Consult with agency care providers regarding social
service needs of clients and families. - -Job Description -Minimum
Qualifications: -1. Master's degree in Social Work. -2. Licensed
Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). -3. Five (5) years of
related experience, including one (1) year supervisory experience.
- -Preferred Qualifications: -1. Experience in inpatient
psychiatric or mental health setting working with major mental
illness, dementia, and or the elderly. - -Duties and
Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are
intended to describe the general nature of work and are not
intended to be an all-inclusive list. - Other duties and
responsibilities may be assigned. - -1. Provides psychosocial
assessment of the individual and family, including limitations,
deficits and strengths in their current situation and environment,
as well as functional level. - May conduct a psychiatric social
work assessment according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). - Develops treatment plans with
appropriate and competent interventions. -2. Responsible for
psychosocial assessments and interventions in crisis situations
that often involve issues of suicide, homicide, family violence,
elder or child abuse. -3. Demonstrates sound clinical judgment in
assessing the patient's needs for long-term care, including
evaluating the home and family situation, helping the patient and
family to develop an in-home care plan, exploring alternatives to
in-home care and arranging for placement if necessary. -4. Provides
treatment, therapy, psycho-education and/or counseling utilizing
individual, family or group modalities. - -5. Provides information,
referral and creative resource acquisition for specific individual
and family needs both within the Hospital and in the community as
indicated. - Assists patients/families to understand psychosocial
factors impeding their maximal utilization of hospital and
community resources. -6. Collaborates with and provides
psychosocial consultation to the health care team to promote a
smooth, coordinated plan of care. - Aids the team in understanding
and integrating the significance of psychosocial factors in
relation to patient's illness, treatment and recovery. Identifies
psychosocial issues that may impede progress. - Makes
recommendations to the team regarding patient/family care and
management. - Assists health care team to assist patient/family
level of understanding to make informed decisions. -7. Provides
medical social services to the patient's family member or caregiver
on a short-term basis when necessary to remove a clear and direct
impediment to the effective treatment of the patient's medical
condition or rate of recovery. -8. Treats patients and families
with dignity and respect at all times. - Offers time for questions
and answers; demonstrates empathy in communication while working
toward optimal health goals. -9. Provides outreach, case
finding/screening for high-risk issues that may impact on patient's
progress, participation in plan, discharge or ability to utilize
resources. -10. Assists with discharge planning issues to ensure
continuity of care. - Formulates, coordinates and implements the
psychosocial components of outpatient care. - - -11. Consults,
collaborates and communicates with a wide range of social,
governmental and legal agencies, courts, schools, clinics, other
hospitals, physicians and other sources. - -12. Serves as a
patient/family advocate with a variety of systems both internally
and externally as required. - May be called upon to testify in
court. -13. Ensures clinical documentation is complete and
according to departmental standards. - Performs other
administrative documentation and record keeping, such as
accountability and statistical reports, billing forms, student
intern evaluations, performance evaluations, etc. in complete and
timely manner. - -14. Initiates policy and program development in
specific service area or team, utilizing knowledge of
state-of-the-art programs and promoting social work values such as
patient self-determination and social justice. - Initiates,
participates in and supports policy and program development in the
Department of Social Work Services. -15. Actively engages in the
regularly scheduled meetings, programs and activities of the
Department. - Serves on departmental committees. - Represents the
profession and Department in hospital and community meetings and
committees. - -16. Participates in social work professional
education, supervision and teaching activities; supervises or
trains staff social workers, student interns, house staff, nurses,
medical students, and volunteers as required. - -17. Maintains
collaborative, team relationships with peers and colleagues in
order to effectively contribute to the working groups achievement
of goals, and to help foster a positive work environment -18.
Continually monitors, assesses and modifies his/her own social work
practice and programs. - Conducts quality improvement activities
and research regarding service delivery and effectiveness of
interventions, as required. -19. Conducts or participates in
professional organizations, grant writing, teaching, public
presentations, seminars and workshops. May supervise staff social
workers, social work associates, social work interns, parent
consultants, house staff, nurses, medical students and volunteers
as required. - - Responsible for making recommendations to the
Director of Social Work Services regarding service delivery gaps,
systemic issues and program development. -20. Ensures compliance
within guidelines set forth by regulatory agencies (DPH, ERISA
etc.) and demonstrates compliance with Home Health Foundation
policies and procedures. Practices confidentiality principles set
by the agency and federal HIPAA/HITECH guidelines. - -Physical
Requirements: - -1. Normal office setting. -2. Inpatient and/or
outpatient clinic patient care setting. -3. Frequent sitting,
occasional standing & walking, and lifting of 5-10 lbs. -4.
Requires manual dexterity using fine hand manipulation to operate
computer keyboard. -5. Requires ability to see computer screen and
reports. - -Skills & Abilities: -1. Possesses and applies the
skills and knowledge necessary to provide care to patients
throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes,
human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the
care process. -2. Knowledge of casework process and community
resources in relation to health (including mental health), illness,
and disability. -3. Knowledge of current social work theory and
practice, the ability to apply treatment and case management
methods, and familiarity with community issues and resources. -4.
Understanding of organizational theory and practice in large
systems and the knowledge of social and health care policies and
systems. -5. High degree of diagnostic, treatment, interpersonal,
organizational, and communication skills. -6. Analytical skills
required assessing patient needs, to develop associated treatment
modalities and to provide effective counseling. -7. Computer skills
and knowledge of general office programs, spreadsheet programs,
database programs, and presentation programs (Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint). -8. Ability to read/write and communicate in English.
- -9. Excellent interpersonal skills. -10. Ability to function well
in very busy situations. -11. Responsible and reliable. -12. Good
organization skills. -13. Ability to engage a wide variety of
patients and collaterals in the acute treatment and discharge
planning process. -14. Ability to identify and access community
resources. -
Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing
together the best of academic and community healthcare to deliver
exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers
across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell
General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial
Hospital of Medford, Care at Home - an expansive home care network,
and large integrated physician network. We are an equal opportunity
employer and value diversity and inclusion at Tufts Medicine. Tufts
Medicine does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic
information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity
and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic
protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that
individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation
to participate in the job application or interview process, to
perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and
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