Social Worker - Workwell - Hattiesburg (PT)

Merit Health Wesley; Hattiesburg (MS); Sur place; USD 28 000 - 48 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive health coverage

401(k) with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Competitive pay and full benefits

Paid time off

Résumé du poste

Merit Health Wesley is seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the WorkWell Clinic in Hattiesburg, MS. This part-time role focuses on psychosocial assessments, patient advocacy, and care planning across multidisciplinary teams.

You will support patients and families through care decisions and collaboration with nurses, physicians, and case management. The position requires a MSW or related field, LCSW licensure, and 2–4 years of therapy experience.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work or Psychology required.
• 2–4 years of experience in individual, group, and family therapies.

Responsabilités

• Conduct psychosocial assessments for diverse patient groups.
• Identify needs and provide referrals and discharge planning support.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care.
• Support patients and families to cope with illness and transitions.
• Participate in quality improvement and ongoing care planning.

Connaissances

Clinical social work

Counseling skills

Formation

Master's Degree in Social Work

Description du poste

Social Worker - Workwell - Hattiesburg (PT)

Job Description

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Comprehensive Health Coverage – Medical, dental, & vision plans to keep you and your family healthy. Life Insurance is also available.
• Future Security – 401(k) with employer matching to help you build long-term financial stability.
• Educational Assistance – Tuition Reimbursement- because we invest in your future.
• Competitive Pay & Full Benefits – A salary and package designed to reward your expertise and dedication.
• Paid Time Off –Generous paid time off- giving you a good work/life balance and time to recharge.

Role: LICENSED Clinical Social Worker

Location: Work Well Clinic- Hattiesburg, MS

Job Summary

The social worker provides professional services to patients and families, which facilitates the use of individual, public and private resources so that optimal functioning can occur for both the patient and the family. These core services include assessment of psychosocial functioning and capacities, counseling for care planning and decision-making, social work treatment and community resource planning. Social workers collaborate with many disciplines, programs, departments and organizations in the accomplishment of these duties.

Essential Functions

• Conducts Psychosocial Assessments for Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric patients as well as neonatal, Infant, and Pediatric patients.
• Determines inter-relatedness of psychosocial factors and health status/disease process.
• Identifies emotional, social and financial needs of patient/family and provides assistance/referrals as appropriate.
• Identifies appropriate treatment plans and follows-up with discharge planning team.
• Acts as expert in the area of Social work. Assists Social Workers with problem cases.
• Provides emotional support to patient/family. Helps families/patients cope with illness, disability, and situations.
• Facilitates patient/family support groups (i.e. Cancer, Stroke and AIDS).
• Participates in interdisciplinary discharge planning process: conducts and documents proactive, concurrent discharge planning assessments.
• Implements discharge plans, i.e., setting up home health, transfers to other facilities, initial nursing home placements.
• Assists in Quality Improvement Initiative: monitor and trend re-admissions to the hospital.
• Manages high risk referrals: Performs discharge planning activities on newly diagnosed cancer patients, suspected abuse, adoptions, high-risk mothers, fetal demise, long-term acute placements, ER, Psych transfers, HIV/Aids and hospice patients.
• Assist Case Management to move patients to more appropriate level of care.
• Promotes effective communication and ensures continuity of care. Verbal communication with patients, families, hospital staff are always positive, accurate, supportive, and clearly understood.
• Maintains a supportive, collaborative partner-like relationship with nurses, physicians, and case management team.
• Consistently performs all social service function to meet department volume and quality standard. Effectively communicates to supervisor status of current workload daily.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work or Psychology required
• 2-4 years of experience in individual, group, and family therapies required

Licenses and Certifications

• LCSW- License Clinical Social Worker required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support obtained within 7 days of employment required

Job Info

• Job Identification 161564
• Job Category Allied Health
• Posting Date 08/20/2026, 02:43 PM
• Job Schedule Part time
• Job Shift Day
• Locations 5001 Hardy St, Hattiesburg, MS, 39402, US