License Clinical Social Worker

General Summary:With independent or guided direction, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) is responsible in counseling clients, helping them to gain access to various resources, and helping clients to confront issues that are negatively affecting their way of living such as poverty, abuse, mental health, and addiction. Working closely with the multi-disciplinary team of MDs, NPs, and Pas, the LCSW will conduct comprehensive clinical psychosocial assessments. This position will develop and implement treatment plans and maintain plan updates in electronic medical records, serve as an advocate for and obtain appropriate services for patients. The LCSW will participate in staff meetings, in-services, and training. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated knowledge and experience working with patients and skilled in oral communication, written communication, problem solving/assessment, teamwork, group process facilitation, documentation accuracy, customer service, interpersonal relations, creativity/innovation, adaptability, decision making, and conflict resolution.Employment Status: Salaried – FSLA Exempt StatusEssential Duties and Responsibilities:Serves as a patient advocate, coordinating with other healthcare providers, community resources, and assists patients to navigate healthcare system and insurance benefits.Conducts thorough screening, physical and psychosocial assessments by phone or clinical setting; collaborates with patients/families, physicians and other healthcare team members to identify any issues/barriers that affect health condition management and implements a comprehensive patient-centered plan of care.Develops individualized plan of care, assessing patient's eligibility for needed resources and referring to appropriate team member; collaborates with team members to formulate care plans/goals that meet the need of patient/family; articulates short-term/long-term goals; documents accurate/timely information in electronic medical records.Assists with administration, development, implementation, and evaluation of social work programs and policies.Provides health education, utilizing a variety of approaches to effectively educate patients/families and other team healthcare members regarding community resources, health care benefits, and insurance and managed care cases; provides health education to assist in disease management and developing coping skills, disease processes, medications, treatment plans and preventative measures.Monitors patient adherence to treatment goals, identifies barriers to adherence, and promptly revises treatment plans to improve adherence/outcomesParticipates in departmental functions such as staff meetings, staff in-services, and committees, as assigned.Builds strong rapport with clients and makes accurate assessments of their problems whether mental/emotional or physical.Reviews and evaluates recent psychosocial health research and interprets it to professionals and patients.Performs short term counseling and crisis intervention as necessary.Documents according to departmental standards, Federal and State regulations and can hardcopy medical documents into EMR and label.Performs all other duties as assigned.Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Have knowledge of chronic mental illness and accompanying symptomsDevelop and maintain positive relationships with mental health consumers and their families, the community, other service providers, and with funding sourcesKnowledge of medical case management concepts along with care continuum; Medicare benefits; HIPAA and ability to apply during the medical case management process.Ensures Medicaid policies with regards to services are met and documented appropriately.Ability to apply clinical knowledge in a medical case management role; understand and comply with regulations and recommendations of outside regulatory bodies with regard to case management services.Ability to engage and collaborate with patients/families; care/manage a diverse population; prioritize activities and adapt to changing priorities.Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in emergency situations.Ability to work with minimal supervision within scope of practice; think critically and analytically; articulate the process of attaining goals and outcomes of medical case management.Ability to maintain confidentialityAbility to communicate effectively in oral, written and electronic formats.Typical Working Conditions:Incumbents work in a fast-paced office environment requiring travel to facilities.Frequent contact with staff, patients, and the public.Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer in a normal office environment.Work may be stressful at times and may require occasional evening or weekend work.HIPAA Disclosure:This position has access to systems and/or services that contain protected health information (PHI) as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Additionally, the position ensures and adheres to strict confidentiality when handling patient information, according to the HIPAA Privacy Act and supporting GAPHC policies and procedures.Reporting Relationship: Behavioral Health DirectorSupervisory Relationship: NoneQualifications:Must hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work from a accredited university/collegeMaintains valid Georgia state license to practice clinical social work.Maintains current CPR certificate.Demonstrates the knowledge and ability to apply principles of mental health care.Physical Requirements:The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing undue hardship for the employer.Full range body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.Sitting, standing, and walking for prolonged periods of time.Occasionally lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds.Normal or corrected vision and hearing to normal range.Remaining awake and alert while on duty for 8 or more hours per shift. #J-18808-Ljbffr