PRN - Case Worker

Prisma Health; South Carolina; On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Prisma Health’s Marshall Pickens Hospital seeks a Social Worker to provide screening, assessment, planning, and crisis management for patients and families. You will coordinate discharge planning, advocate for patients, and collaborate with healthcare teams to ensure smooth transitions and resource access.

The role emphasizes compassionate patient support, discharge coordination, and community resource referrals to improve care outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Sociology required.
• One year in health care setting preferred; social work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide screening, assessment, planning, problem resolution, resource management, and crisis counseling.
• Coordinate discharge planning and post-hospital care with agencies.
• Act as patient advocate and educate on available resources.

Skills

Counseling

Crisis management

Patient advocacy

Discharge planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Sociology

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Provides screening, assessment, planning, problem resolution, resource management, social casework services, counseling and crisis management to patients and their families. Collaborates in discharge planning and coordinates with agencies providing post-hospital care. Functions effectively as a team member, collaborating with other health care professionals to coordinate and facilitate resolution of patient needs. Contributes to positive customer satisfaction level for the department.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health’s purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference
• Coordinates discharge planning services for assigned areas to include screeningfor high-risk factors, facilitation and coordination of transfer/referral of patients’ care to other facilities, community or home-based services.
• Provides appropriate social casework services to patients and families which includes age-specific patientassessments, follow-up interviews, psychosocial counseling, and crisis management.
• Acts as a patient advocate and provides education and information on available resources and services in thecommunity.
• Remains alert to and takes appropriate action when there are signs of abuse, neglect, exploitation, and domesticviolence.
• Participates in performance improvement activities in service unit or department as requested.Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or Sociology
• Experience - One (1) year in health care setting preferred. Social work experience preferred

In Lieu Of

• NA

Required Certifications, Registrations, Licenses

• NA

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• NA

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Marshall Pickens Hospital

Facility

1007 Marshall I Pickens Hospital

Department

10077503 Social Work

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