SOCIAL WORKER LCSW EAST VALLEY

Overview : Hello humankindness

Hello humankindness

Dignity Health Medical Group is the employed physician group of Dignity Health Arizona. Dignity Health Medical Group (DHMG) employs approximately 200 providers and 500 support staff that cover a wide variety of specialties.

The medical group has had tremendous success over the past few years and now provides more than 73 sub-specialty services.

The physicians provide clinical services in their areas of specialty and many serve in pivotal academic research and leadership roles.

DHMG is also heavily involved in preparing tomorrow's healthcare providers. Clinical services are complemented with translational and bench research to augment medical education for residents and students.

If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

For the health of our community. We are proud to announce that we are a tobacco-free campus.

Responsibilities :

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), your role is specialized in providing clinical services, psychotherapy, and mental health interventions to individuals, families, and groups.

The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients.

They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving.

• As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations.
• Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.
• The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis intervention, patient / family intervention, high risk screening, counseling, referring for financial or other

identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family / patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed, assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified.

The Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families.

The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.

Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals.

Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000.

Qualifications : Minimum :

Minimum :

Master's Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.

At least one year of clinical and / or medical social work experience required.

LCSW : AZ

Excellent customer service and presentation skills are a must

Strong interpersonal and written communication skills are essential.

Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks or projects effectively.

Ability to work independently as needed with a high degree of detail orientation.

Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.