LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER-VPS
LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER-VPS
Assists patients and families with assessment, advocacy, education, referrals, coordination, counseling, and crisis intervention, working with nurse case managers and a multidisciplinary team. Requires an MSW, health care social services experience, and Illinois LSW or LCSW licensure.
Summary
GENERAL SUMMARY/BASIC PURPOSE OF JOB: Assists patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties which predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefit from medical care. Collaborates with the nurse case manager and the multidisciplinary team to ensure timely progress through the system and transitions of care. Performs core functions of assessment, advocacy, education and information, referral and linkage, coordination, and counseling and crisis intervention for assigned patients.
MINIMUM EDUCATION: A Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) required. MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE: Social services experience in a health care setting required. REQUIRED LICENSES, CERTIFICATES, REGISTRATIONS: Licensure by the State of Illinois as a Social Worker (LSW) or Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required.