**Job Summary and Responsibilities**

The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for hospitalized and emergency department patients. The functions of the Social Worker include: crisis intervention, patient/family intervention, high-risk screening, brief counseling, referrals for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, arrange post-acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

Social workers are responsible for:

+ Providing developmentally appropriate care for all populations served: plan for the safe discharge and continuity of care, recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages, the physically disabled, mentally ill, chronically ill, terminally ill, and vulne...