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The Social Worker (LMSW or LCSW)for the Trauma Program provides clinical social work services for patients and their families. Responsible for psychosocial assessments and discharge planning for patients with complex psychosocial and medical problems. Assists patients and their families in coping with difficulties related to hospital admission, illness, treatment, and discharge. Provides assessment, planning intervention, and evaluation of patient/family needs throughout the hospital stay.
Your Everyday
Schedule: Monday - Friday, Day shift
Completes psychosocial assessment, develops plans and carries out interventions for patients identified through referral and case finding to have psychosocial risk factors. Conducts assessment of patient’s psychosocial needs through intensive interviewing of patient and family members, conferring with interdisciplinary team, and reviewing medical record. Evaluates coping skills, cognitive and intellectual functioning, support systems, resources, and other factors, that could affect responses to illness, treatment and discharge plan. Identifies barriers and plans for intervention to overcome or lessen barriers to achieve outcome as evidenced by treatment plan. Communicates findings and plan to interdisciplinary team. Documents assessment, plan and interventions in medical record. Provides short term supportive counseling for individuals experiencing a temporary or situational problem. Performs assessment for cases of suspected elder, child, sexual or domestic abuse or neglect. Complies with required reporting, according to state law and hospital policy. Utilizes crisis intervention skills to assist victims/families of child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence, sexual/criminal assault and traumatic injury. Acts as active team member in the discharge planning process with primary responsibility for identifying complicating social and financial factors and barriers to appropriate discharge. Facilitates family meetings when there is disagreement or lack of clarity around goals of care and plan of care. Collaborates with the health care team to help resolve family conflict around care decisions. Maintains a working knowledge of available community resources by establishing a relationship with liaisons and admissions staff at agencies and facilities in the region.
The Must-Haves
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Social Worker (LCSW or LMSW) from the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners
Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred
WORK SHIFT:
Days (United States of America)
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