Job Description

Under general supervision from the Social Services Manager, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker provides direct service to patients and their families where illness, medical care and treatment are complicated by psychosocial barriers.

Core Competencies

• Completes Psychosocial Assessments to identify barriers affecting optimal patient/family functioning and to develop appropriate treatment plan/interventions and linkage to resources.
• Assesses for abuse/neglect, complies with mandatory reporting laws; and serves as a liaison with responsible agencies. Logs all reports made into Departmental Abuse Log books.
• Provides crisis intervention to patients and families.
• Completes needs assessment for patients, families and staff (as needed) and provides appropriate clinical intervention and linkage to community resources.
• Provides coping skills assessment for patients, families and staff and provides appropriate education, cognitive restructuring and/or counseling as needed.
• Provides counseling as indicated, including supportive counseling, end-of-life counseling and bereavement counseling.
• Provides education, advocacy, and linkage to patients, families and staff as indicated.
• Collaborates with case managers/interdisciplinary team to provide patients and families with the most appropriate treatment plan, intervention and resources.
• Provides assistance with complex discharge planning in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team to develop a safe, realistic and timely discharge plan.
• Provides assistance with scheduling patient care conferences, and attends patient care conferences as needed.
• Provides education and assistance with Advance Directives to patients, families, staff and community members as needed.
• Attends and participates in interdisciplinary rounds on assigned unit, as indicated.
• Attends and participates in hospital committee meetings, departmental staff meetings, and shared decision making councils as requested.
• Facilitates continuity of care via collaboration with coworkers; members of the interdisciplinary treatment team and outside agencies.
• Assists with updating and communicating pertinent community resources.
• Maintains and submits monthly Social Services Work Activity Sheet.
• Provides clinical social services to population served.
• Ensures department specific patient safety.
• Obtains continuing education to promote self-growth, to maintain clinical competency, and to meet current licensure and certification requirements..
• Seeks clinical consultation from Licensed Clinical Social Work team and Social Services Manager as appropriate.
• Mentors, supports and provides consultation to Licensed Clinical Social Workers as needed.
• Provides new hire social workers with guidance, training, orientation and support, as appropriate.
• Participates in orientation and training of interdisciplinary team members, as related to social services as requested.
• Develops and provides education, as needed.
• Demonstrates role in department specific patient safety.
• Reports errors, knowing that Torrance Memorial engages in a positive environment for the correction of errors (Non-punitive).
• Adheres to the National Association of Social Workers’ (NASW) Code of Ethics and Joint Commission requirements.
• Adheres to the California Board of Behavioral Sciences requirements.
• Remains flexible with schedule to meet departmental staffing needs. Assists with standby, weekends and holidays as needed.
• Attain/maintain CCS (California Children's Services) Paneling, if requested. Assesses all patients under the age of 21 for CCS eligibility and submits application/SAR (Service Authorization Request) as indicated.

Department Specific Competencies

• Participates in formal/informal peer review to ensure competence and develop professional goals.

Education

DegreeN/AAdditional InformationMaster of Social Work (MSW) from an Accredited School of Social Work.

Experience

Number of Years Experience1 Recent Medical Social Work ExperienceOne Year Recent Acute Hospital or Emergency Department Experience.

License / Certification Requirements

Licensed Clinical Social WorkerBCLS or ACLS Certification

Compensation Range:

$77.51 / Hour