Social Services Practitioner (LCSW), Home Health, East Portland metro area

Job Summary :

Provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as discharge planning to and consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and / or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Functions in a supervisory role as a team leader. On call duties will be assigned based on location and agency operational needs.

If assigned by agency leadership, incumbent is required to perform on call duties.

Job Requirements :

Education and Work Experience :

• Master’s Degree in social work : Required
• Five years' post-master's experience in a healthcare or social service agency : Preferred
• Three years' social work experience in a health care setting or social service agency : Preferred
• Two years' leadership experience : Preferred

Licenses / Certifications :

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in state of practice : Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification : Required
• Valid Driver’s License (DL) and must be at least 21 years of age or older : Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Healthstream Basic Life Support (HS-BLS) or RQIBLS or Heartsaver CPR (CPR) : Required

Essential Functions :

• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and / or life situation.
• Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions.

Provides crisis intervention, and supportive counseling to patients and their families as needed. Refers to outpatient resources as appropriate.

• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provide leadership in representing clinical social work perspective / liaison with patient and family.
• Documents assessment plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and / or health system guidelines and standards.
• Provides clinical and administrative supervision for social workers and clinical social workers on the team.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements :

Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc.

as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.