Clinical Social Worker, 40 Hours Days [ACO Health]

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Exemption Status: Exempt

Hiring Range: $58,115.20 - $104,624.00

Provides assessment of patients/families and their adaptation to patient's illness. Provides counseling as needed and ensures maximum patient participation in plans for discharge and recovery. Identifies system or discharge problems and develops discharge plans and presents options to patients. Assessment of all potential cases of abuse: child, elderly, disabled and/or domestic violence.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Provides clinical service to patients and their families through individual, family, or group work, such as biopsychosocial assessment, crises intervention, treatment planning and counseling relative to medical conditions.

2. Identifies clinical resources and make referrals when necessary.

3. Collaborates with physicians, care coordinators, discharge planners, and other health care professionals to identify barriers to discharge or treatment and help resolve these issues with patients, families, or external sources.

4. Advocates for patients and families as they negotiate the health care system so that effective care, treatment, and planning may occur.

5. Documents all information obtained in evaluation, assessment, consultation, referral, and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring best possible patient outcome.

6. Utilizes the language of the current DSM-IV-TR to establish comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and subsequent planning and treatment.

Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education: Required: 1. Master's Degree in Social Work. 2. Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensure.

Experience/Skills: Required: 1. Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment, knowledge of community resources, crisis intervention skills, ability in discharge planning, and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team. 2. Data compilation and analysis skills. 3. Excellent written and communications skills. 4. Basic computer skills.

Preferred: 1. One to three years of Social Work experience.

Travel is required for this role to the University Campus and two family health centers in Worcester County.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at

talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org.