Licensed Social Worker - Ambulatory

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu, Hawaii, is seeking a Licensed Social Worker for ambulatory care to provide social work services, including assessment, care planning, and case coordination for patients and their families. The role also involves consultation with staff and other health care providers and serving as a liaison to integrate services and coordinate care.

You will contribute to program development, clinical record documentation, performance improvement activities, and collaboration with

Qualifications

• Masters degree in social work.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Hawaii) OR Licensed Social Worker (Hawaii).
• Basic Life Support required at hire (American Heart Association).
• Preferred: Minimum one year of social work experience.
• Healthcare experience working with medical diagnoses is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to network with community agencies.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and evaluates assessments and develops social work service plans, including psychosocial assessments and treatment.
• Performs case management, coordination, and monitoring of service plans; provides resource identification and referrals; coordinates patient placement.
• Assists with development, implementation, and evaluation of social work programs; conducts consultations and quality improvement activities.
• Conducts research and documents according to departmental standards and regulations; ensures medical record documentation.
• Participates in departmental activities, meetings, and orientation of new personnel.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Networking with community agencies

Experience with medical diagnoses

Education

Master's degree in social work

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Hawaii) OR Licensed Social Worker (Hawaii)

Basic Life Support (AHA)

Job description

Job Summary

Provides social work services including assessment, care planning, and case coordination to patients and their families. Provides consultation to staff and other health care providers. Initiates social work plan of care. Serves as liaison between Kaiser Permanente and community to integrate services, coordinate care for clients, and enhance relationships through public relations activities.

Essential Responsibilities

• Prepares and evaluates assessments, development and implementation of social work service plans. Provides psychosocial assessment, diagnostic impressions, treatment of individuals, couples, families, and groups, prevention of psychosocial dysfunction, disability, and impairment including emotional, mental, and behavioral disorders, and evaluation of practice effectiveness. Applies knowledge base, theoretical concepts, specific functional skills, and essential social values used to effect change in human behavior, emotional responses, and social conditions. Helps enhance or restore personal and social functioning.
• Performs case management, coordination, casework intervention, and monitoring of social work service plans in areas of personal, social, or economic resources, conditions, or problems. Provides information, resource identification and referral services, mediation services, advocacy services, and education of individuals, groups, couples, and families. Coordinates services and assures patients placement in an appropriate setting.
• Assists with administration, development, implementation, and evaluation of social work programs and policies. Conducts social work consultation and resource development. Plans for and participates in development activities to keep abreast of current trends in medical social work. Participates in performance improvement. Implements quality improvement processes. Assists with development and implementation of departmental annual work‑plan. Performs clinical record audits. Maintains educational record and provides evidence of competency.
• Conducts research through formal design/methodology of data collection and analysis/evaluation of data, social work programs, social systems, and social policies. Documents according to departmental standards, federal and state regulations. Assures medical record documentation.
• Participates in departmental functions such as staff meetings, staff in‑services, and committees, as assigned. Participates in orientation of new personnel.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience: N/A
• Education: Masters degree in social work.
• License, Certification, Registration: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Hawaii) OR Licensed Social Worker (Hawaii).
• Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association.
• Additional Requirements: N/A.
• Preferred Qualifications: Minimum one (1) year of social work experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Healthcare experience working with medical diagnoses.
• Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated ability in networking with community agencies.

Company Information

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Licensed Social Worker - Ambulatory

LOCATION: Honolulu, Hawaii

REQNUMBER: 1433484

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.