Clinical Social Worker

Clinical Social WorkerThe Clinical Social Worker is responsible for assuming assigned patient caseloads on inpatient medicine and surgery, Addiction Recovery Program, or emergency department. Reporting to the Social Work Manager or a designated supervisor, the social worker will provide bio-psychosocial assessments and interventions for patients and/or families impacted by a patient's acute medical needs and any psychosocial factors or barriers impacting their care. The social worker will identify high risk psychosocial factors impacting a patient's health status and, as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, will help the hospital staff understand the influence of those factors on the patient's course of medical care. The social worker will effectively intervene through evaluation, emotional supportive therapy and/or other therapeutic modality, provision of resources and recommendations, and team collaboration around potential barriers to care in the community and around discharge needs. The social worker will have knowledge in mandated reporting, cultural and/or age specific impact, homelessness, substance use disorders, psychiatric illness, and the various community agency and resources available. Ability to lead groups for inpatient addiction program is preferred.Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171-bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive. At Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you're looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.QualificationsMaster's Degree in Social Work from an accredited program.Current professional licensure in Massachusetts (LCSW required, LICSW preferred).Minimum of one year experience working in a health care setting or related field preferred.Minimum of graduate level internship experience in appropriate setting.Knowledge of specific medical/psychiatric illnesses, procedures and treatments.Excellent interpersonal skills, including negotiation skills necessary to work within a team.Ability to provide rapid clinical psychosocial assessments and interventions with individuals and familiesAdvanced crisis intervention skills.Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary teamKnowledge of community agencies/resources.Ability to advocate/negotiate systems for/with patients.Tolerance for ambiguity.Cultural sensitivity.Adheres to all C.A.R.E. Standards.Schedule: shift is 8:30am-5pm on weekdays, weekends and/or holidays as needed on a per diem basisWork Location: 1153 Centre StreetPay Range: $32.47 - $47.23/HourlyGrade: 7