Caseworker

TITLE: Social Worker(MSW)Location: Buckeye Lake, OHNow is your chance to join a Forbes magazine top 100 hospital where career growth and opportunity await you.They are committed to building healthcare teams whose care exceeds the expectations of their patients and community and are looking for quality talent who share the same values.They’re nestled in a beautiful rural setting but close enough to the big city to enjoy that too!If that sounds like the change you are looking for, please read on…What they’re looking for:• Master of Social Work/Counseling with current license in the state of Ohio. Hospice/Home Care requires a Masters of Social Work.• Valid driver’s license and proof of auto liability insurance is required.Hours and compensation potential:• The position is full-time day shift.• The range is between for $51K-70K depending on experience.• Full benefits package offered as well.What you’ll be doing:• Provides professional social work services through the assessment and resolution of problems and issues that impact overall health and well-being, including discharge planning.• Utilizes supportive counseling techniques, provides crisis interventions, and facilitates therapeutic, support, and education groups as needed to assist patients in developing coping strategies.• Completes psycho-social assessments utilizing a systems approach.• Facilitates completion of Advance Directive forms, effectively completes Pre-admission Screening form for Mental Illness and Mental Retardation, and verifies appropriateness of patient need for guardianship.• Demonstrates ability to practice independently as outlined by Ohio Counselor/Social Work Board and when delegated by manager, provides supervision to LSW, LPC, and students.• Provides appropriate interventions to patients and families during times of emotional, psychosocial or financial stress as related to their medical conditions.• Acts as patient advocate, mediator, facilitator, supports patient’s right to self-determination, and demonstrates compassion, warmth, and sensitivity to patients.• Involves patient/family/significant other in any decision making related to patient’s plan of care.• Intervenes effectively with the more involved, complex family and patient interventions.• Assists with orientation of new staff and/or students• Monitors length of stay (LOS) and identifies and participates in the development and implementation of strategies to reduce unnecessary resource consumption on assigned patient populations.• Collaborates with members of the medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to ensure efficient delivery of care.• Keeps abreast of current changes in law which affect social work practice.• Works closely with physicians, nursing staff, allied health professionals and RN Case Manager to promote positive patient outcomes.• If cross-trained and credential allows, will function as Behavioral Health Therapist and/or Chemical Dependency Counselor.• Follows the ethical codes as established by the State of Ohio Counselor and Social Work Board.Additional info:• Position reports to one of our strongest managers (professional, empathetic, has high expectations for her staff).. Great team to work with.• They use EPIC EMR.