Social Worker LGSW

MedStar Health; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 62,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health is seeking a Social Worker to provide psychosocial assessment, counseling, and care coordination for patients with serious illness and their families. You will join an interdisciplinary team, participate in goals-of-care discussions, and connect patients to community resources while promoting quality of life.

Qualifications include a CSWE-accredited MSW, active LGSW/LMSW in MD or DC, and LCSW-C licensure; palliative care experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.
• Active LGSW/LMSW license in MD or DC at hire; must obtain licensure in the second jurisdiction within 90 days.
• LCSW-C licensure is required.
• Palliative care or hospice social work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams to assess psychosocial needs and develop care plans.
• Provides counseling and emotional support for illness adjustment, stress, grief, loss, and caregiving.
• Leads goals-of-care discussions and advance care planning in family meetings and rounds.
• Coordinates transitions, referrals, and community resources while advocating for equitable access.
• Documents assessments in the EHR and participates in supervision toward licensure.

Skills

Communication

Care coordination

Counseling

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in social work (CSWE accredited)

LGSW - Licensed Graduate Social Worker

LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker

LCSW-C - Licensed Clinical Social Worker – Clinical

Job description

About the Job

MedStar Health is looking for a Social Worker. The Social Under clinical supervision provides psychosocial assessment, counseling, care coordination, and support to patients with serious illness and their families. As an integral member of the interdisciplinary care team, this role helps patients and families navigate complex medical, emotional, and social challenges associated with serious illness. The social worker participates in goals-of-care discussions, advance care planning, provides caregiver support, and connection to community resources while promoting quality of life and patient-centered care.

Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore-Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses".

Primary Duties

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams to assess patients’ psychosocial needs and develop individualized care plans for patients with serious illnesses and their families.
• Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments and provides counseling, emotional support, and therapeutic interventions related to illness adjustment, stress, grief, loss, and caregiving challenges.
• Facilitates goals-of-care discussions, treatment preferences, and advance care planning while participating in family meetings, care conferences, and interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Coordinates care transitions, referrals, and community resources, including financial assistance, behavioral health services, hospice, and other supportive services, while advocating for equitable access to care.
• Provides patient and family education, documents assessments and interventions in the electronic health record, participates in clinical supervision toward advanced licensure, and provides weekend coverage as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. (Required)
• Prior work experience not required (Required)
• 1-2 years or more years of medical social work experience preferred. (Preferred)
• Palliative care or hospice social work experience (Preferred)
• Graduate internships or a related field may be considered.

Licenses/Certifications

• LGSW - Licensed Graduate Social Worker. Must hold an active LGSW/LMSW license in Maryland or the District of Columbia at the time of hire. Must obtain licensure in the second jurisdiction and submit the application within ninety (90) days of hire.
• LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - State Licensure Must obtain advanced clinical licensure (LICSW or LCSW-C) in the primary required jurisdiction within one (1) year of completing all required advanced licensure eligibility requirements, including clinical supervision and supervised practice hours.
• LCSW-C - Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical (Required)

This position has a hiring range of

USD $61,838.00 - USD $111,259.00 /Yr.