Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Case Management Social Worker - Epilepsy

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

Center for Adult Behavioral Health-Neurological Institute

Job Code

T99256

Shift

Weekend Days

Schedule

6:30am-7:00pmWorks collaboratively with health care team assessing and planning interventions to help patients cope with the social, emotional, financial and environmental problems.

A caregiver in this role works Monday-Friday 8AM-4:30PM

Responsibilities:

• Performs psychosocial assessments and provides interventions to assist patients/families, including counseling, education, advocacy, referral, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, problem solving, coordination of family/team meetings and the provision of concrete services.
• Works with multidisciplinary team providing treatment recommendations and engages patients and families in adherence to the treatment plan by reducing or eliminating social, psychological, financial, behavioral and regulatory barriers to facilitate successful medical outcomes, improve the patient experience and efficient utilization of health resources.
• Maintains a network of resources for consultation and assists patients with linkage to community resources to facilitate optimal care.
• Documents professional recommendations, care coordination interventions, and treatment plans to effectively communicate to all members of the health care team.
• Provides supervision to social work interns and assists with training/orientation of new staff (LISW).
• Provides education to fellows, residents and other allied health professionals about the impact of social problems on health outcomes and the effectiveness of social interventions in improving outcome.
• Advocacy, Ethics, Psychosocial Assessment, Psychopathology, Engagement, Problem Assessment, Engagement and Group Work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Master's degree in Social work from a CSWE accredited program.

Certifications:

• State Licensed Social Worker (LSW) required.
• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) within 5 years of hire.

Complexity of Work:

• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of two years of experience in a hospital and healthcare setting required.

Physical Requirements:

• Manual dexterity to operate office equipment.
• May require periods of sitting, standing and the ability to walk to various locations throughout the Foundation to attend meetings.
• Must have normal or correction vision
• Must be able to clearly communicate verbally by phone.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

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