Social Worker MSW

Saint Joseph Hospital - London; London (KY); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph London, part of CommonSpirit Health, seeks a Social Worker to advocate for patients and families facing complex challenges. You will perform psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling, and connect clients to resources within a collaborative care team.

You will use specialized screening tools and create individualized plans, documenting progress while ensuring confidentiality and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• MSW required with demonstrated case management experience.
• Experience in discharge planning and transfer coordination.
• Crisis intervention skills and strong empathy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments for priority patients.
• Outline strategies and services to address psychosocial needs and make recommendations.
• Use screening tools (depression, anxiety, substance abuse, health literacy, mental status, social support).
• Develop individualized psychosocial care plans with Case Manager - Acute Care.
• Document actions in medical records and handle information exchange with confidentiality.
• Provide crisis interventions and psychosocial counseling to restore well-being.

Skills

Case management

Discharge planning

Transfer coordination

Crisis intervention

Education

Master of Social Work

KY license (upon hire)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Social Worker, you will be a compassionate advocate, providing vital support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges.

Every day, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling and crisis intervention, and connect clients to resources. You'll advocate for clients and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic support and promote well-being.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, strong knowledge of community resources, and proven crisis management abilities, fostering positive change and client empowerment.

• Conducts a psychosocial assessment on identified priority patients in collaboration with family.
• Outline available strategies and services to assist in addressing psychosocial care needs, and to make recommendations as appropriate.
• Specialized screening tools may be used for the assessment such as Depression screen, Anxiety screen, Substance Abuse screen, Health Literacy screen, Mental Status screen, and Social Support screen as well as other specialized screens and evaluative tools.
• Develops individualized psychosocial case plans in collaboration with Case Manager -Acute Care based on assessment and in conjunction with other members of the Care Management team.
• Documents actions in medical record according to departmental guidelines and oversees process of exchange of information with other facilities/agencies adhering to legal mandates about confidentiality.
• Provides crisis interventions and psychosocial counseling services to restore patients and families to optimum social and psychological health based on their strengths and use of available resources.

Job Requirements

Required

• Masters Of Science Social Work and Demonstrated experience in case management, discharge planning, and transfer coordination. , upon hire
• Master Social Worker: KY, upon hire

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph London, a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926. Located on a 52 acre healing environment, Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).

CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non‑profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.