Medical Social Worker II Geriatric Medicine-1413373 at Kaiser Permanente

Job Summary:

The primary role of the Medical Social Worker II is to assist patients and families/caregivers to cope with the social/emotional issues and practical arrangements related to the patients illness. Under general direction of the Social Work Manager/LCSW, delivers age-appropriate social work care to patients and their caregivers in accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal regulations. The Medical Social Worker II serves as an integral member of the healthcare team providing assessments, coordination, treatment planning, information and referral to community resources and other social work services to meet the complex needs of patients and families in the hospital and clinic settings.

Essential Responsibilities

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  Provides psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction and developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings. Provide counseling for disease acceptance and understandin
• g.Responsible for developing and implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients and families to cope and/or restore social, emotional, financial and environmental factors which affect and/or affected by illnes
• s.Completes psychosocial assessments. Partners with patient to identify needs and develop and implement individual treatment plan based on mutually agreed upon treatment pla
• n.Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources and external community/government resources to assist patient and family in developing short and long term care plans as appropriat
• e.Team with other disciplines in assessing, planning and providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial informatio
• n.Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services within Kaiser and in the communit
• y.Assist patient and family with care planning and discharge plan
• s.Takes, reviews, evaluates and prioritizes written and oral referral
• s.Maintains documentation, records and data collection
• s.Responsible for completion of required documents in a complete and timely manne
• r.Functions as part of the Skilled Nursing Facility Team to assure appro priate, timely placement of Kaiser members in nursing facilitie
• s.Liaison between patient and Kaiser maintaining positive relationship with Kaiser and providing for continuity of car
• e.Identifies appropriate levels of care and facilities for referred patients, were applicabl
• e.Obtains placements, where applicabl
• e.Collaborate with internal and external resources in Kaiser and the community to meet mutually agreed upon goals and objective
• s.Provides information and referral to community resources as requeste
• d.Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members and skilled nursing facilitie
• s.Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare and Medi-Cal benefits to specific patient situation
• s.Participates in Utilization Management/Quality Assurance activitie
• s.Assist in coordinating communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, and field staff, triaging of phone calls from members/familie
• s.Works with referral sources to clarify and complete required clinical and psychosocial informatio
• n.Perform other related duties as necessar

y.Qualifications - Extern

alBasic Qualification

s:Experien

• ceStep I: 0 - 2 years social work experienc
• e.Step II: 2 - 4 years social work experience within the last five (5) year
• s.Step III: 4 or more years social work experience within the last ten (10) year

s.Educati

• onMasters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Educatio

n.License, Certification, Registrati

• onN

/AAdditional Requirement

• s:Demonstrated ability to work on a multidisciplinary tea
• m.Must have solid psychosocial assessment skill
• s.Knowledge of chronic and acute disease and how it impacts patient and family functionin
• g.Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone communication skills and written documentatio
• n.Must be computer-literate and, preferably, experienced in automated clinical information system
• s.Must demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently handle demanding workload involving multiple task
• s.Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team membe
• r.Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of car
• e.Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environmen
• t.Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreemen