Medical Social Worker II - Grade 10

• Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention, grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction and developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group settings.


• 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 illness.


• Partners with patient to identify needs and develop and implement individual treatment plan based on mutually agreed upon treatment plan.


• 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 appropriate.


• Team with other disciplines in assessing, planning and providing services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information.


• Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate services within Kaiser and in the community.


• Takes, reviews, evaluates and prioritizes written and oral referrals.


• Maintains documentation, records and data collections.


• Responsible for completion of required documents in a complete and timely manner.


• Liaison between patient and Kaiser maintaining positive relationship with Kaiser and providing for continuity of care.


• Identifies appropriate levels of care and facilities for referred patients, were applicable. Obtains placements, where applicable.


• Collaborate with internal and external resources in Kaiser and the community to meet mutually agreed upon goals and objectives.


• Provides information and referral to community resources as requested.


• Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser, families, members and skilled nursing facilities.


• Determines application of Kaiser, Medicare and Medi-Cal benefits to specific patient situations.


• Assist in coordinating communication between regional offices, clinics, hospitals, and field staff, triaging of phone calls from members/families.


• Works with referral sources to clarify and complete required clinical and psychosocial information.


• Perform other related duties as necessary.

Qualifications:

• Step I: 0 - 2 years social work experience.


• Step II: 2 - 4 years social work experience within the last five (5) years.


• Step III: 4 or more years social work experience within the last ten (10) years.

• Masters in Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.

• N/A

• Demonstrated ability to work on a multidisciplinary team.
• Must have solid psychosocial assessment skills.
• Knowledge of chronic and acute disease and how it impacts patient and family functioning.
• Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone communication skills and written documentation.
• Must be computer-literate and, preferably, experienced in automated clinical information systems.
• Must demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently handle demanding workload involving multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team member.
• Must be able to master detailed and complex information regarding benefits and coordination of care.
• Must be willing to work in a Labor Management Partnership environment.
• Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

• LCSW preferred.