Social Worker MSW, Per Diem

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Miami is seeking a Social Worker - Per Diem to assess and address psychosocial needs of patients and families during hospitalization, provide interventions, and assist with discharge planning.

The role supports continued patient care after hospitalization, works with the health care team, and participates in governance meetings while adhering to institutional policies.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work.
• Minimum 1 year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Interviews clients and their families to meet social and emotional needs.
• Provides crisis intervention and helps families understand medical implications.
• Provides psychosocial assessments to identify emotional, social, and environmental problems.
• Formulates and implements plans using appropriate social work interventions.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and involves patients and families in plans.
• Assists with screening and management of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and rape.
• Makes referrals and serves as a resource for the healthcare team and advocates for patients.
• Maintains knowledge of medical and legal issues and preserves records/statistics.
• Attends and participates in staff, committee, and department meetings.
• Adheres to university policies and safeguards university assets.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Interviewing

Family collaboration

Advocacy

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Job description

CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Social Worker - Per Diem provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, treatment, and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis or life situations.

The incumbent strives to meet the continuing needs of patients post hospitalization.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• 1. Interviews clients and their families and coordinates programs and activities to meet their social and emotional needs.
• 2. Provides crisis intervention and assists families in understanding the implications and complexities of the medical situation and its impact on lifestyle.
• 3. Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental problems.
• 4. Formulates and implements plans utilizing appropriate social work interventions.
• 5. Collaborates with the healthcare team and involves the patients and families in the development and implementation of plans.
• 6. Assists with the screening, identification, and management of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and rape.
• 7. Makes referrals and serves as a resource for the healthcare team and serves as a patient advocate.
• 8. Maintains a working knowledge of relevant medical and legal issues and preserves records and statistics.
• 9. Attends and participates in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
• 10. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in social work
• Minimum 1 year of experience

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine.

As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year.

Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care.

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The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Part time Employee Type: Temporary-Intermittent

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service.

A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation.

The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs.

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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019.

The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.

With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.