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Social Worker

Methodist Hospital Sacramento

#Case Management #Patient Advocacy #Care Coordination #Healthcare #Mental Health #Crisis Intervention #Social Work #Acute Care #Substance Abuse

Quick overview

Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop comprehensive care plans for patients and families. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide counseling, crisis intervention, and connections to community resources.

Requirements summary

Requires a Master's degree from a CSWE-accredited School of Social Work. Candidates must have at least one year of clinical or medical social work experience.

postgraduate degreeInterpersonal SkillsCase ManagementPatient AdvocacyCare PlanningCounselingEmpathyCrisis InterventionPsychosocial AssessmentsCrisis ManagementCommunity Resource Knowledge

Job description

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. One Community. One Mission. One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Social Worker, you will be a compassionate advocate, providing vital support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges.Every day, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling and crisis intervention, and connect clients to resources. You'll advocate for clients and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic support and promote well-being.To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, strong knowledge of community resources, and proven crisis management abilities, fostering positive change and client empowerment. Performs psycho-emotional-social/environmental assessments on patients Formulates plans for patients with social, emotional, and resource needs Provides interventions and counsels patients and families for emotional, social and resource issues Serves as the professional on the multi-disciplinary team that advocates for patient's perspective in planning for care Maintains current clinical training and skills to provide competent care to:
Disadvantaged, Disenfranchised and Vulnerable Patients' and Families
Critically Ill
Traumatically Injured
Terminally Ill
End of Life situations
Maternal and Infant
Mentally Ill
Substance Abuse Issues Manages caseload with timely response to referrals and high risk screening Job Requirements Required Masters Other from a School of Socialwork accredited by the Council of Social Work Education and 1 year Clinical and/or medical social work experience.

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