Licensed Social Worker

Licensed Social Worker providing compassionate, patient-centered care within a medical setting. Experienced in supporting individuals facing complex health conditions through psychosocial assessments, emotional support, and care coordination. Skilled in collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to address barriers to care, connect patients with community resources, and promote overall well-being. Committed to delivering culturally responsive services and enhancing patient outcomes across the continuum of care.

Position Summary

The Cancer Center Social Worker is responsible for providing psychosocial and clinical support services to Cancer Center patients and their families primarily in the outpatient setting. The Social Worker assesses patients from a culturally and ethnically diverse population and provides outpatient clinical intervention while establishing plans for effective management of identified needs. The Social Worker acts as an advocate for patients and provides supportive, short-term counseling, crisis intervention and care management to individuals and/or their families impacted by cancer.

Essential

Duties and Responsibilities

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
• Conducts initial and ongoing comprehensive psychosocial assessments in order address the clinical needs of Cancer Center patients and their family members.
• Provide individual, couple, and family therapy. Clinical services include individual, couple, and family therapies with psychiatric outpatient assessments.
• Development of a care plan with patient and family based on mutually agreed upon goals to enhance, maintain and promote optimal psychosocial functioning throughout cancer treatment and its outcome.
• Collaboration with other professional disciplines in the planning and provision of timely and efficient clinical services to cancer patients and their families.
• Refer patients and/or family members to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness and to provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, housing, job placement or education.
• Develops, implements and facilitates various psycho-educational support groups and programs for Cancer Center patients and/or their families.
• Participates actively in the Survivorship Clinic by informing patients of the clinic, providing short-term therapy to clinic patients when needed, and performing IRB-approved research.