Medical Social Worker II – Pediatrics
National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives, Milpitas, CA, United States
Job Summary
The primary role of the Medical Social Worker II is to assist patients and families/caregivers to cope with the social/emotional issues and practical arrangements related to the patient’s illness. Under general direction of the Social Work Manager/LCSW, the Social Worker delivers age-appropriate social work care to patients and their caregivers in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations. The Medical Social Worker II serves as an integral member of the healthcare team, providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information and referral to community resources and other social work services to meet the complex needs of patients and families in hospital and clinic settings.
Essential Responsibilities
Provides psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction and develops healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings. Provides counseling for disease acceptance and understanding.
Responsible for developing and implementing individual Plans of Treatment which assist patients and families to cope and/or restore social, emotional, financial and environmental factors affecting the illness.
Completes psychosocial assessments and partners with patients to identify needs and develop individual treatment plans based on mutually agreed upon goals.
Discusses options for care proactively, including Kaiser resources and external community/government resources, to assist patients and families in developing short- and long-term care plans as appropriate.
Teamworks with other disciplines in assessing, planning and providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.
Assists patients in advocating for themselves to receive appropriate services within Kaiser and in the community.
Assists patients and families with care planning and discharge plans.
Takes, reviews, evaluates and prioritizes written and oral referrals.
Maintains documentation, records and data collections.
Responsible for timely completion of required documents.
Functions as part of the Skilled Nursing Facility Team to ensure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members in nursing facilities.
Liaises between patients and Kaiser, maintaining positive relationships and ensuring continuity of care.
Identifies appropriate levels of care and facilities for referred patients, where applicable.
Obtains placements, where applicable.
Collaborates with internal and external resources in Kaiser and the community to meet mutually agreed upon goals and objectives.
Provides information and referral to community resources as requested.
Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members and skilled nursing facilities.
Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare and Medi-Cal benefits to specific patient situations.
Participates in Utilization Management/Quality Assurance activities.
Assists in coordinating communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, and field staff, and triages phone calls from members/families.
Works with referral sources to clarify and complete required clinical and psychosocial information.
Performs other related duties as necessary.
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The primary role of the Medical Social Worker II is to assist patients and families/caregivers to cope with the social/emotional issues and practical arrangements related to the patient’s illness. Under general direction of the Social Work Manager/LCSW, the Social Worker delivers age-appropriate social work care to patients and their caregivers in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations. The Medical Social Worker II serves as an integral member of the healthcare team, providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information and referral to community resources and other social work services to meet the complex needs of patients and families in hospital and clinic settings.
Essential Responsibilities
Provides psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction and develops healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings. Provides counseling for disease acceptance and understanding.
Responsible for developing and implementing individual Plans of Treatment which assist patients and families to cope and/or restore social, emotional, financial and environmental factors affecting the illness.
Completes psychosocial assessments and partners with patients to identify needs and develop individual treatment plans based on mutually agreed upon goals.
Discusses options for care proactively, including Kaiser resources and external community/government resources, to assist patients and families in developing short- and long-term care plans as appropriate.
Teamworks with other disciplines in assessing, planning and providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.
Assists patients in advocating for themselves to receive appropriate services within Kaiser and in the community.
Assists patients and families with care planning and discharge plans.
Takes, reviews, evaluates and prioritizes written and oral referrals.
Maintains documentation, records and data collections.
Responsible for timely completion of required documents.
Functions as part of the Skilled Nursing Facility Team to ensure appropriate, timely placement of Kaiser members in nursing facilities.
Liaises between patients and Kaiser, maintaining positive relationships and ensuring continuity of care.
Identifies appropriate levels of care and facilities for referred patients, where applicable.
Obtains placements, where applicable.
Collaborates with internal and external resources in Kaiser and the community to meet mutually agreed upon goals and objectives.
Provides information and referral to community resources as requested.
Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members and skilled nursing facilities.
Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare and Medi-Cal benefits to specific patient situations.
Participates in Utilization Management/Quality Assurance activities.
Assists in coordinating communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, and field staff, and triages phone calls from members/families.
Works with referral sources to clarify and complete required clinical and psychosocial information.
Performs other related duties as necessary.
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