Detailed Overview

Reporting administratively to the Manager, Health Services and clinically reporting the Professional Practice Chief, Social Work, provides social work services to patients in an assigned area to improve the emotional and social consequences of a health condition for the patient and family; promotes effective coping and adaptation to the problems brought on by illness; works towards optimal functioning, mastery of situations, maintenance of important social roles, functions and relationships, safe and timely discharges to home or other levels of care. Responsibilities Identifies and engages with eligible patients in an assigned area utilizing a variety of social work high risk screening and case-finding techniques. Conducts social and psychosocial assessments of patients and families; interprets the information using a variety of modalities in accordance with professional standards and clinical practice. Provides therapeutic counseling services to ...