Social Worker LMSW - Social Services

100 LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans seeks a Licensed Master Social Worker to deliver psychosocial assessments and plan care for patients with complex needs. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to provide crisis counseling and coordinate discharge planning, linking patients and families to essential community resources.

The role requires clinical judgment, documentation in medical records, and advocacy for patient rights throughout the care continuum.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Licensed Master Social Worker credential in Louisiana.
• Experience assessing psychosocial needs and risk factors.
• Ability to coordinate with medical and social services teams.

Responsibilities

• Completes psychosocial assessments and develops care plans.
• Performs crisis intervention and refers to community resources.
• Assists with discharge planning and post-discharge connections.
• Documents assessments and plans in patient records.
• Addresses ethical issues and supports patient rights.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Crisis intervention

Discharge planning

Communication skills

Counseling

Education

MSW (Licensed)

Job description

Your job is more than a job. Why a Great Place to Work: You’re more than your job. Everyone is. And that’s what makes you great at your job—all the little extras you bring to work every day, the things that make you you. At LCMC Health we value those things about you, because we know that all those little extras add up to extraordinary. And we’ve built a culture that supports and celebrates the extraordinary. You’ll see it when you come to work here, in the spirit of our places and the faces of our people. And every patient we heal, every family we comfort, every life we improve is the outcome of countless little extras adding up to an extraordinary result. Join LCMC Health, and you’ll find that our everyday makes it easy to live your extraordinary.

Essential Functions

GENERAL DUTIES

• Completes psychosocial assessment, develops plans, carries out interventions for patients identified through referral and case finding to have psychosocial risk factors:
• Prioritizes timely response to referral based on urgency of need.
• Conducts assessment of patient’s psychosocial needs through intensive interviewing of patient and family members, conferring with interdisciplinary team and reviewing medical records.
• Evaluates coping skills, cognitive and intellectual functioning, support systems, resources, other factors, that could affect responses to illness, treatment and discharge plan.
• Identifies barriers and plans for intervention to overcome or lessen barriers to achieve outcome as evidenced by treatment plan.
• Communicates findings, plan to interdisciplinary team and documents assessment, plan and interventions in medical records.

Crisis Intervention

• Provides short term supportive counseling for individuals experiencing a temporary or situational problem.
• Performs assessment for cases of suspected elder, child, sexual or domestic abuse or neglect.
• Complies with required reporting, according to state law and hospital policy.
• Refers patients/families to appropriate community agencies for further intervention or counseling services as needed.
• Facilitates interactions between staff and DCFS/EPS or other agencies.

Acts as active team member in the discharge planning process and assures patient is referred to appropriate social and financial resources post discharge:

• Identifies patients in assigned caseload with complex social and medical issues through case finding and referral process.
• Reviews caseload with Manager to share findings, needs, barriers and progress to discharge.
• Evaluates financial assistance needs and eligibility and directs patients/family to appropriate community agencies which can assist in meeting financial needs, or providing food, shelter, transportation or other services.
• Maintains a working knowledge of payor reimbursement requirements for post hospital services.
• Maintains a working knowledge of available community resources by establishing a relationship with liaisons and admissions staff at agencies and facilities in the region.

Demonstrates the ability to address legal/ethical issues regarding health care as it relates to medical social work:

• Demonstrates knowledge of Advance Directives and patient rights.
• Ability to counsel/educate patients/families regarding patient rights, decision making and formulating Advance Directives.
• Facilitates family meetings to help with decision making when there is disagreement or lack of clarity around goals of care and plan of care.
• Links patient and families to available resources in hospital and community to provide ongoing support such as Hospice and Palliative Care.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Master Social Worker through the Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners

WORK SHIFT: Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+ . Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

Deliver healthcare with heart.

Give people a reason to smile.

Put a little love in your work.

Be honest and real, but with compassion.

Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.

Forget one‑size‑fits‑all, think one‑of‑a‑kind care.

See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.

Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.

Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.