Social Worker - LMSW - Neurology

Henry Ford Health; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health in Detroit is seeking a Social Worker to support memory clinic patients and those with dementia or cognitive impairment. The role focuses on coordinating psychosocial care, education, resource navigation, and discharge planning across assigned sites.

Travel between Detroit, Dearborn and West Bloomfield is expected. LMSW licensure is required; a history of counseling and interdisciplinary collaboration is valued to help families cope and improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Social Work (education required).
• Experience in psychosocial counseling and utilization management is preferred.
• Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams to achieve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Create outcomes for patients and families by managing psychosocial and economic co-morbidities.
• Provide education and consultation regarding resources; develop and monitor discharge plans.
• Assist patients and families to adjust to illness, diagnosis, and prognosis.
• Serve as liaison between hospital and community; mobilize resources to reduce risk.
• Offer crisis interventions to patients and families.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Problem solving

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Data management

Independent work

Education

Masters in Social Work

Job description

Company Description

At Henry Ford Health, we're committed to advancing health and improving lives for the millions of people we serve across Michigan and around the world. As one of the nation's leading academic health systems, we provide a comprehensive continuum of care that includes primary and preventive services, specialty and complex care, virtual care, pharmacy, home health, eye care, health insurance, and more. With 12 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations, including former Ascension Southeast Michigan and Flint Region facilities, our growing network expands access to exceptional care in the communities we serve.

Headquartered in Detroit, Henry Ford Health is helping shape the future of healthcare through the transformative Future of Health: Detroit initiative, a $3 billion investment that is redefining our academic healthcare campus and advancing innovation, research, education, and community impact.

Our work is grounded in purpose, collaboration, and belonging. We empower team members to grow their careers, contribute innovative ideas, and make a meaningful difference every day. Whether you're caring for patients, supporting operations, conducting research, or driving new solutions, you'll be part of a team united by a shared mission: delivering exceptional care, advancing health outcomes, and building healthier communities for all.

Job Description

This is a job specifically for memory clinic or to work with patients with dementia and cognitive impairment

The Social Worker is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family.

This positionspecifically for memory clinic or to work with patients with dementia and cognitive impairment

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel between assigned locations in:

• Detroit
• Dearborn
• West Bloomfield

Travel follows a predetermined weekly schedule. Employees report to one designated location per day; no same-day travel between sites is required.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Masters Degree in Social Work. Social work or protective services experience preferred. Working knowledge/experience in utilization management, managed care and payor issues preferred.
• Experience in psychosocial and therapeutic counseling preferred. Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.
• Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Possess interpersonal communication and negotiation skills in interactions with patients, families, physicians, and health care team colleagues.
• Possess analytical, data management and PC skills. Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.
• Ability to work independently, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies.
• Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements.
• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change.
• Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.
• Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED

LMSW with clinical specialty or clinical/macro specialty licensure required.