Social Worker

UNC Health; Hendersonville (NC); On-site; USD 58,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville, NC is seeking an inpatient Social Worker to provide ongoing care management, assessment, planning and discharge planning. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to promote continuity of care, support patients and families, and document bio-psychosocial needs.

This is a day-shift, onsite role with a 40-hour workweek. Qualifications include a BS in Social Work, BLS Certification, and experience in crisis intervention; MSW is preferred for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited program.
• BLS Certification required.
• MSW preferred for advanced practice.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and documents bio-psychosocial needs and prepares an intervention plan.
• Evaluates crises, provides crisis intervention and creates resolution plans.
• Delivers short-term counseling to patients and families on social and financial matters.
• Develops and maintains relationships with community health and social agencies.
• Refers patients to appropriate community resources.
• Obtains and communicates information to the interdisciplinary care team.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Counseling

Documentation

Education

BSW degree

BLS Certification

MSW preferred

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary

The Social Worker provides ongoing care management support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and overall evaluation of individual patient needs. The overall goal of the position is to enhance the quality of patient management and satisfaction, to promote continuity of care and cost effectiveness through the integrating and functions of care management, utilization review and discharge planning. The Inpatient Care Management Social Worker must be highly organized professional with great attention to detail, adaptable to frequent change, and compliant with regulatory and departmental guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and documents bio-psychosocial needs and prepares a formal intervention plan to suit.
• Evaluates and identifies possible or actual patient/family crises, providing crisis intervention and emotional support, and creating and facilitating effective plans for resolution.
• Delivers information and short-term therapeutic counseling to patients and their families in relation to social, psychological, financial, and family situations.
• Develops and maintains relationships with outside community health and social agencies. Monitors ongoing and new community resources for meeting patient needs.
• Refers patients and families with appropriate community assistance resources.
• Obtains, interprets and documents necessary information regarding patients and families, including bio-psychosocial history factors, and communicates to interdisciplinary care team.

PARDEE

Required

Other information:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work (BSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
• BLS Certification

Preferred

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: Pardee - HCHC
• Entity: Pardee UNC Health Care
• Organization Unit: Acute Care Case Management
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Day Job
• Location of Job: PARDEEHOSP
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.