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ChristianaCare is looking for a Full- Time Senior Social Worker to join our dynamic and collaborative team in our Newark location.

What We are Looking For

The social worker will work as a team member of an ambulatory behavioral health practice. To assist patients and families to identify health, social, emotional, and environmental needs and to connect them with available resources/ services through the provision of a full spectrum of longitudinal health and social work services.

Hours- Monday- Friday. No weekends, No On-Call.

Why Work For ChristianaCare

Comprehensive Benefits Package including the opportunity for Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Generous PTO Package

Paid Parental Leave

403(b) match and more...

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates as a member of a team, focused on the addressing and improving the behavioral, physical and mental health of a population. Merging all aspects of health into a longitudinal, sustainable solution for health self-management.

• Understands and leverages multiple electronic systems including population health/community-based platform(s), electronic medical records, health information networks, state and federal agencies sites.

• Provides information on social service programs and state and federal regulations

• Works with the patient, family, community, state and federal agencies, inpatient facilities and any other applicable resources, to formulate a plan for support and self-management of behavioral, physical and social health conditions.

• Gathers and assesses information regarding the patient's physical needs, mental status, family support system, financial resources, and available community and governmental resources. Employs assessment to develop a comprehensive case management plan that will address the needs identified. Determines specific objectives, goals, and measures that are designed to meet the client's needs that have been identified through comprehensive assessment

• Educates and addresses concerns with service delivery including service gaps and access issues. Links patient/ family with available community and government resources to meet their identified needs. The social worker always assures that the patient is given the choice in regard to agencies and services. Assists the patient and family in all aspects of accessing resources including but not limited to in person accompaniment, assistance with forms, advocating with agencies on their behalf, working with other facilities on support planning.

• Screens all clients for their need and desire for social work services. Consults with behavioral health and medical providers, ancillary services, psychiatric facilities, hospital facilities, all pertinent social service providers, legal system and other partners as needed to identify and implement care systems for the client for needs as determined by assessment and client preference.

• Participates in outpatient multidisciplinary case reviews, focused on own patient panel as well as patients of other team members.

• Provides factual information based on current knowledge of their specialty service, to provide psychosocial support and assist the patient/family in coping with their disease to improve their overall health care management.

• Provides specific information on how to communicate with physicians and other medical, social service, legal or other staff to better utilize the resources and increase understanding of the process.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum of 1-2 years of related work experience preferred.

Delaware Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) preferred.

ABOUT CHRISTIANA CARE

ChristianaCare is one of the country's most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,299 beds), a free-standing emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women's health. ChristianaCare with more than 260 residents and fellows

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