Social Worker III - Care Coordination Division - WEO - 60%

The University of Iowa; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Sick leave

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

The University of Iowa Health Care, Care Coordination Division, seeks a Social Worker III to provide direct social work services to patients and families, including assessment, treatment, interventions, and care planning to facilitate movement through the continuum of care. This role also supports interdisciplinary teams and may involve group therapy and program development.

Responsibilities include conducting assessments, identifying needs, coordinating resources, and contributing to care

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work required.
• Active Iowa social work license required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and families; develop and implement plans of care.
• Identify patients needing social work intervention through screening.
• Conduct social work assessments with patient/family involvement.
• Provide individual, group, and family therapy as appropriate.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team and provide psychosocial input.
• Serve as resource to team and advocate for social work role.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Clinical social work

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Social work license in Iowa

Tools

Electronic Medical Records

Job description

Social Worker III - Care Coordination Division - WEO - 60%

The University of Iowa Health Care, Care Coordination Division is seeking a Social Worker III to provide direct social work services including assessment, treatment, interventions, and recommendations to facilitate movement through the continuum of care to patients and their families. This role will also participate in and provide the social work perspective to interdisciplinary activities, as well as provide social work treatment, individually or in groups, to patients and clients and their families with complex emotional or social problems. Additionally, this position assumes basic consultation, supervisory, teaching, research, program development, and/or administrative responsibilities.

Duties to include:

• Develops and implements plan of care, responsive to patient/family concerns, health care status, available resources, age specific problems, and clinical impressions.
• Identifies patients requiring social work intervention through use of case finding.
• Performs social work assessments with patient and/or family involvement.
• Develops clinical impressions and rates severity of problems for planned interventions.
• Provides range of social work services responsive to identified problems (e.g., help with psychosocial functioning, help with adaptation to illness, facilitating services, protective services, post hospital planning, etc.).
• Provides information, consultation and professional support to interdisciplinary team members.
• Provides information to team members regarding psychosocial issues and their impact.
• Informs team members of social work treatment goals and patient status and progress and collaborates with team regarding service provision.
• Acts as resource for team (e.g., participates in patient care rounds, team conferences, etc.)
• Advocates for the social work role with health care team members.
• Uses body of social work knowledge & understanding of human behavior to remedy team-related issues and help team members evaluate and enhance team functioning.
• Develops and facilitates groups for patients and/or significant others as appropriate.
• Identifies goals and structure for group work services.
• Provides therapy, educational, and/or support group services reflecting diagnosis and age related issues.
• Evaluates effectiveness of group and revises as necessary.
• Contributes to strengthening the social work profession.
• Participates in local, regional, state or national social work or health care related groups.
• Contributes to the development, strengthening and delivery of needed health and social services.
• Participates in departmental and unit-based activities.

University of Iowa Health Care —recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. ®

Percent of Time: 60%

Schedule: Weekend Option, from 7:00 AM - 7:30 PM on Saturdays and Sundays

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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RequiredQualifications

• Master’s degree with a major concentration in social work
• 6 months-1 year of clinical social work experience
• A license to practice social work in Iowa
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Qualifications

• Some familiarity with social work undergraduate education
• Social work experience in a health care setting with the appropriate patient population and their families.
• Experience with identifying and navigating financial resources, including insurance coverage options, changes related to the federal and state health programs, and the disability process.
• Experience working with community resources, home healthcare, nursing facilities and other options available for patients in outpatient settings
• Experience in a fast paced, high volume work environment
• Care coordination experience or case management skills in a health care setting as part of an interdisciplinary team including experience utilizing an electronic medical record to assist with management of non-adherence, post-care follow-up and referrals to appropriate resources.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For additional questions, please contact Maggie Kusiak at [e-mail]

Additional Information

• Classification Title: Social Worker III
• Schedule: Part-time
• Work Modality Options: On Campus

Contact Information

Equal opportunity employer

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, or associational preferences.

Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, [phone] or [e-mail] . For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543 .

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