Job Title : Social Worker
Location : Nashville, TN 37243 (Hybrid)
Duration : 6 months contract
Key Job Responsibilities
- Follow the established standardized process and guidelines for conducting informant interviews for Tennessee’s MMR Program.
- Collaborate and consult with abstractors on the key components that pertain to the cause of
- death.
- Collaborate with abstractors regularly about cases and determine if a unique line of questioning is needed to obtain key information for a case.
The focus of interview questions should enhance the committee’s ability to make decisions on the cause of death, pregnancy-relatedness, and preventability.
- Dedicated time is required for conducting outreach with families and making contact attempts via mail or electronic means such as email, phone calls, or text messaging.
- Summarize the interview focusing on aspects relevant to the cause of death and incorporate
- them into the final case narrative.
- Post-interview support to families by sharing resources tailored to the needs expressed such as grief / bereavement, counseling, support groups, or financial assistance references.
- Attend quarterly Maternal Mortality Review Committee case review meetings to help answer any follow-up questions about a case interview.
- Willing to travel as needed for training. Will be required to attend the annual CDC conference in April.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Qualitative interviewing techniques
- Empathetic Communication
- Trauma-informed care
- Organization
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills
- Bereavement Counseling
- Family / Peer Counseling
- Experience in maternal health / maternal mortality
- Experience in public health
Preferred :
- Earned and current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the state of Tennessee
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, case management, psychology, or related human services field
30+ days ago