Travel Licensed Clinical Social Worker - $2,467 per week in Boston, MA
Cynet Health
South Boston, MA 02118
United States
Job Description
Job Title: Medical Social Worker
Profession: Social Worker
Specialty: Medical Social Work
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Days, Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm
Hours per Shift: 8 hours
Experience: Minimum 2 years post-MSW in Emergency Department and Medical Social Work
License: Mass LCSW
Certifications: MSW
Must-Have:
Willingness to float to multiple units as needed
Experience in case management, brief treatment, ICU, and critical care
Comfort with responding to traumas and providing bereavement support
Description:
This position involves consulting on, assessing, and intervening with high-risk patients and their families regarding emotional and social problems.
Conduct psychosocial assessments and make psychosocial diagnoses.
Plan and implement effective treatments, evaluations, education, supervision, and coaching for patients and family members.
Consult, collaborate, and communicate with various social, governmental, and legal agencies, courts, schools, clinics, other hospitals, physicians, and other sources in the overall care of patients.
Work alongside nurse case managers supporting discharge planning.
Assess social determinants of health by completing biopsychosocial assessments with a goal to increase access to quality health care and reduce barriers.
Provide strength-based, trauma-informed interventions across the life cycle for patients and families.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on the impact of illness or injury on patients, families, employment, and living situations.
Promote health and reduce health inequities by advocating for, educating, and empowering patients and families.