Social Work Case Manager II

UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine; Venice (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine seeks a Social Work Case Manager to assess patients for discharge planning, provide psychosocial support, and develop care plans. Collaboration with medical staff, case managers, nursing, and external agencies is essential to optimize quality of care and patient experience.

The role emphasizes leadership in managing high-risk cases and coordinating with payors and service providers across hospital and community settings.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited university is required.
• Minimum of three years acute care hospital or related healthcare experience; or two years acute care hospital case management.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes professional clinical social work skills to assess patients and support systems for discharge planning.
• Develops plans for effective management of identified needs and reassessment in collaboration with the care team.
• Leads identification and management of patients with catastrophic needs and social determinants of health.

Skills

Case management

Clinical social work

Communication skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Assessment and planning

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) - CSWE accredited

Job description

Department

Integrated Case Management

Job Summary

The Social Work Case Manger (SWCM) utilizes professional clinical social work skills to assess patients and support systems for discharge planning, psychosocial and counseling support needs; establishes plans for effective management of the identified needs (episodic and population-based). Assessment, planning, intervention and reassessment are performed in a collaborative environment, in which the SWCM works closely with Medical Staff, Clinical Case Managers, Nursing, Allied Health disciplines, hospital business/financial services, agencies across the continuum (internal and external) and payors. In addition, the SWCM assumes a leadership role in the identification and management of patients with catastrophic needs, social determinants of health and expands collaboration with other service providers within the hospital and community exemplifying proactive, patient-oriented clinical practice that optimizes quality of care, utilization, effective cost and patient experience.

Required Qualifications

• Require a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited university.
• Require a minimum of three (3) years of acute care hospital or other related healthcare experience; OR a minimum of two (2) years of acute care hospital case management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer active Case Management Certification (ACM-SW, A-SWCM).
• Prefer demonstrated ability to manage high risk situations, multiple tasks and adjust priorities according to patient needs and department/hospital needs.
• Prefer solid clinical social work assessment, critical thinking, problem-solving, interviewing, decision-making, negotiation, conflict management and organizational skills.
• Prefer strong ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written work, and when on-call to respond to issues, patient needs.
• Prefer strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with leaders, staff, patients, families, healthcare team, payers and external agencies.

Employment Screening Requirements

As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/