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Social Worker LMSW

Baptist·Calhoun City, Mississippi

Full Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 26 days ago
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About the role

Provides psychosocial assessments and supportive counseling to patients and families to enhance coping and functioning. Coordinates comprehensive discharge plans and collaborates with healthcare teams to ensure continuity of care.

Job Summary

Provides a wide array of social work services to patients and families, including performing psychosocial assessments, developing and coordinating discharge plans to insure continuity of care, and providing supportive counseling to enhance coping and functioning ability. May be asked to resolve issues occuring on all shifts, 7 days a week. Reports to Supervisor of Case Management/Director of Quality Case Management. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Utilizes social work skills by conducting psychosocial assessments of patients and families of all ages to determine support and discharge planning needs.
  • Coordinates and collaborates discharge plans for patients and families with other healthcare providers by insuring a smooth transition from one level of care to another while maintaining an appropriate length of stay.
  • Provides supportive counseling to individuals, families and groups to address identified concerns and to enhance understanding of, coping with, and adjustment to illness/hospitalization.
  • Maintains current knowledge of and accessibility to community resources, placement facilities, and financial agencies to meet patient and family needs.
  • Collaborates with healthcare team members by sharing pertinent information to develop a comprehensive and appropriate discharge plan for patients and families.
  • Complies with policies that support patient?s fundamental right to considerate care, protect their personal dignity and respect their cultural, psychosocial and spiritual values in an effort to meet patient?s care needs and preferences.
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

  • Minimum Required
  • 3 years of experience in clinical social work.
  • Preferred/Desired
  • 3 years of experience in clinical social work.

Education

  • Minimum Required
  • MS -- must be licensed -- LSW
  • Preferred/Desired
  • MS -- prefer LMSW or LCSW

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

  • Minimum Required
  • Advanced communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills. Basic computer literacy skills.

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

  • Minimum Required
  • LSW for MS
  • Preferred/Desired
  • Lcsw;lmsw

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree and LSW licensure with at least 3 years of clinical social work experience. LMSW or LCSW licensure is preferred.

  • postgraduate degree
  • Communication
  • Organizational Skills
  • Computer Literacy
  • Conflict Management
  • Discharge Planning
  • Psychosocial Assessments
  • Planning Skills
  • Supportive Counseling

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Location
Calhoun City, Mississippi
Posted
Jul 2, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Baptist

Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated...

Salary listed on 3 jobs
IndustryHospitals and Health Care
TypeNonprofit
Size10,001+ employees
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Behavioral health roles in Mississippi

Behavioral health employers in Mississippi often look for licensed master’s-level clinicians, and postings commonly emphasize prior social work experience plus background screening. These roles can be competitive because licensure, clinical experience, and readiness to work with diverse patient needs all matter. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save research time, then confirm your license status and prepare examples of relevant social work experience before applying.

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