Travel Social Work - Social Worker
Fairfield, CA
ProKatchers
5x8 hrs, Days

Shift - 8-4:30pm weekdays and weekends.

Duties:

Provides direct clinical social work service, counseling, discharge planning, and case management services to hospital patients and their families including assessment and documentation of emotional, social, financial, environmental or follow-up referral needs.  Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.  Formulates a psychosocial plan of care related to assessment of patient’s unique strengths and needs.  Develops a discharge plan for case load as designated by the team.  Monitors progress toward goals of care and identifies barriers to meeting estimated length of stay.  Facilitates integration with community-based resources to optimize patient health.  Activities are consistent with System mission and values and in compliance with applicable regulations and System policies and procedures. Partners with the physicians, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team to establish, document, implement and evaluate a plan of care based on the patient’s unique health strengths and needs. Brings psychological assessment skills; acute, long term, and community health expertise; learning theory; and multidisciplinary team expertise to the interdisciplinary team.
Monitors progress of the plan of care and communicates any changes with the care team. To the extent possible, provides integrated – mind, body, spirit – service to the patient and family through a mutually agreed upon plan of care and patient advocate relationship. Supports System processes related to the health management of patients across the continuum of care, e.g. QI and/or clinical practice team membership, clinical research, quality monitoring, community networking.

Education:

Education:  Master of Social Work from a school of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
Licensure:  Preferred but not required for this position.

**ASW or higher license required, LCSW preferred**

**Acute care experience required**