Relief Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Social Work Clinician, Inpatient Float — PALO ALTO, CA

JOB SUMMARY

As a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, medical social workers provide psychosocial interventions to patients as well as their families receiving services within any department of the LPCHS. Work typically addresses a variety of biopsychosocial issues and includes an assessment of the social needs related to the patient's health status and the development of a treatment plan, including advocacy within the organization and community, counseling, referrals and practical assistance necessary to accomplish desired objectives. Provides consultation, orientation and training to health care staff on the effects of biopsychosocial, cultural and economic issues on the management of patient/client health needs. Advocates for social work core values and ethics within Stanford Medicine and the larger community.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker:

Relief Licensed Clinical Social Worker is the second and fully-qualified, fully-proficient level of professional social work for employees who are licensed by the State of California as Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW). Positions at this level are characterized by substantial professional responsibility and independence of action for providing social work services.

Social Work Clinician:

Social Work Clinician is the entry, developmental, and first working level of professional social work for employees who are recent graduates as well as those who have professional social work experience, but are not yet licensed as Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) by the State of California.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Licensed Clinical Social Worker:

• May provide individual/group clinical supervision to MSWs and student interns, as assigned.
• Prepares and maintains electronic medical records in accordance with department and/or health system policies.
• Provides written and oral reports and hand-offs.
• Conducts psychosocial assessment of patients/families upon admission, annually, and/or as clinically indicated to evaluate social, emotional, and physical needs by applying social work theories and techniques. Identifies and addresses barriers to care.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care teams to devise, develop, and implement patient/family psychosocial treatment plans, coordinating referrals to specialty and social services including entitlement programs and other care delivery systems, and recording progress notes and the provision of continuity of care.
• Helps patients/families cope with environmental and psychological issues of illness.
• Manages independently assigned caseload of varying clinical acuity.
• Engages in case finding for patients/families with potential psychosocial needs. Attends team conferences and participates in interdisciplinary rounds as needed.
• Provides supportive counseling, grief counseling, crisis intervention, and other therapeutic services to assist patients and families to face challenges such as coping with illness, processing medical information, and changes in the level of functioning and care needs.
• Provides psychoeducation to patients and families regarding adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or prognosis.
• Assist patients and families in the transition from youth to adult services.
• May participates in quality assurance and community improvement as they relate to social work services or needs of patients and families and contributes to the review and development of written policies, procedures, or guidelines related to social work services.

Social Work Clinician:

• Conducts psychosocial assessment of patients/families upon admission, annually, and/or as clinically indicated to evaluate social,emotional and physical needs by applying social work theories and techniques. Identifies and addresses barriers to care.
• Manages assigned caseload, including case finding for patients/families with potential psychosocial needs. Attends team conferences and participates in interdisciplinary rounds as needed.
• Provides supportive counseling, grief counseling, crisis intervention, and other therapeutic services to assist patients and families to face challenges such as coping with illness, processing medical information and changes in the level of functioning and care needs.
• Provides psychoeducation to patients and families regarding adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or prognosis.
• Participates in quality assurance and community improvement as they relate to social work services or needs of patients and families and contributes to the review and development of written policies, procedures, or guidelines related to social work services.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Licensed Clinical Social Worker:

Education: Master's degree in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited college or university program or equivalent (as demonstrated by licensure)

Experience: Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.

License/Certification: SW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) - Valid license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Social Work Clinician:

Education: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited college or university program; Successful completion of Master's program prior to start date.

If MSW is not from a CSWE-accredited program, must have a certificate from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences verifying registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker, as evidence that the BBS has accepted the program as equivalent.

KNOWLEDGE

Licensed Clinical Social Worker:

• Ability to apply theories, principles and practices of medical social work and of social services delivery systems in a hospital or medical center setting.
• Ability to assess needs of patients and families utilizing data-based approach.
• Ability to manage a caseload, recall case details; maintain confidentiality of information; determine the appropriate course of action in emergencies and other stressful situations.
• Ability to provide written case narratives and reports.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply effective assessment, interviewing, and counseling techniques.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply social work theories, principles and techniques.
• Knowledge of hospital and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs, and act on behalf of client to obtain necessary services.
• Knowledge of child development and the impact of injury and illness.
• Knowledge of family dynamics and the impact of injury, illness and loss.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to the significance of cultural considerations of LPCH's patient population.

Social Work Clinician:

• Ability to manage a caseload, reclass case details; maintain confidentiality of information; determine the appropriate course of action in emergencies and other stressful situations.
• Knowledge of medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs, and act on behalf of client to obtain necessary services.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Positions are allocated to one of the three grade levels in this job family. Positions in this job family are flexibly staffed from Social Work Clinician to Advanced Licensed Clinical Social Worker, which means that vacant positions may be filled at any of the three class/grade levels depending on qualifications; further, that employees may be promoted to higher levels in this job family when they meet the minimum qualifications and are recommended for promotion by management. Levels are distinguished on the basis of three basic variables:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Licensed Clinical Social Worker:

Positions in this job family are flexibly staffed from Social Work Clinician to Licensed Clinical Social Worker, which means that vacant positions may be filled at either of the two class/grade levels depending on qualifications. A Social Work Clinician may be promoted to a Licensed Clinical Social Worker when they meet the minimum qualifications and are recommended for promotion by management.

Social Work Clinician:

• Social work settings across the hospital system may require a social worker to be assigned to a California Children's Services (CCS) clinic.
• If a social work clinician is assigned to a CCS clinic, they must meet the following criteria for CCS Paneling:
• 1. Social Worker (EPSDT Only) must:

a. Be licensed as a clinical social worker by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; or

b. Have a master's degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and five years of full-time

social work experience that shall include providing social work services to childre