| Core Competencies |
- Completes Psychosocial Assessments to identify barriers affecting optimal patient/family functioning and to develop appropriate treatment plan/interventions and linkage to resources.
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- Assesses for abuse/neglect, complies with mandatory reporting laws; and serves as a liaison with responsible agencies. Logs all reports made into Departmental Abuse Log books.
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- Provides crisis intervention to patients and families.
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- Completes needs assessment for patients, families and staff (as needed) and provides appropriate clinical intervention and linkage to community resources.
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- Provides coping skills assessment for patients, families and staff and provides appropriate education, cognitive restructuring and/or counseling as needed.
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- Provides counseling as indicated, including supportive counseling, end-of-life counseling and bereavement counseling.
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- Provides education, advocacy, and linkage to patients, families and staff as indicated.
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- Collaborates with case managers/interdisciplinary team to provide patients and families with the most appropriate treatment plan, intervention and resources.
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- Provides assistance with complex discharge planning in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team to develop a safe, realistic and timely discharge plan.
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- Provides assistance with scheduling patient care conferences, and attends patient care conferences as needed.
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- Provides education and assistance with Advance Directives to patients, families, staff and community members as needed.
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- Attends and participates in interdisciplinary rounds on assigned unit, as indicated.
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- Attends and participates in hospital committee meetings, departmental staff meetings, and shared decision making councils as requested.
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- Facilitates continuity of care via collaboration with coworkers; members of the interdisciplinary treatment team and outside agencies.
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- Assists with updating and communicating pertinent community resources.
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- Maintains and submits monthly Social Services Work Activity Sheet.
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- Provides clinical social services to population served.
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- Ensures department specific patient safety.
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- Obtains continuing education to promote self-growth, to maintain clinical competency, and to meet current licensure and certification requirements..
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- Seeks clinical consultation from Licensed Clinical Social Work team and Social Services Manager as appropriate.
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- Mentors, supports and provides consultation to Licensed Clinical Social Workers as needed.
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- Provides new hire social workers with guidance, training, orientation and support, as appropriate.
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- Participates in orientation and training of interdisciplinary team members, as related to social services as requested.
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- Develops and provides education, as needed.
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- Demonstrates role in department specific patient safety.
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- Reports errors, knowing that Torrance Memorial engages in a positive environment for the correction of errors (Non-punitive).
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- Adheres to the National Association of Social Workers’ (NASW) Code of Ethics and Joint Commission requirements.
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- Adheres to the California Board of Behavioral Sciences requirements.
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- Remains flexible with schedule to meet departmental staffing needs. Assists with standby, weekends and holidays as needed.
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- Attain/maintain CCS (California Children's Services) Paneling, if requested. Assesses all patients under the age of 21 for CCS eligibility and submits application/SAR (Service Authorization Request) as indicated.
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| Department Specific Competencies |
- Participates in formal/informal peer review to ensure competence and develop professional goals.
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| Education |
| Degree |
| N/A |
| Additional Information |
| Master of Social Work (MSW) from an Accredited School of Social Work. |
| Experience |
| Number of Years Experience |
| 1 Recent Medical Social Work Experience |
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| One Year Recent Acute Hospital or Emergency Department Experience. |
| License / Certification Requirements |
| Licensed Clinical Social Worker |
| BCLS or ACLS Certification |
