A Family, School, or General Social Worker provides specialized assistance to vulnerable families and children. Intervenes in crisis situations; evaluates individual and family needs, helps clients get access to health care, mental health care or social services such as housing assistance. Advocates for clients and provides follow up visits. May work with teachers, parents and school administrators to help students improve academically and deal with social issues such as bullying.
Social Worker Master of Social Work McLaren Health Care - 3.2 Mount Clemens, MI Job Details Full-time 20 hours ago Qualifications Master's degree in social work LMSW Master's degree
Full Job Description Position Summary:
Provides assessment and intervention to assist clients/families to improve social and economic difficulties interfering with health and wellness through use of casework process and principles, strategies, and community resources.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Determines nature of client's situation by interviewing client; assessing medical, psychological, emotional, and social information; making on-site visits. Establishes course of action by exploring options; setting goals with client. Obtains assistance for client by referring him/her to community resources; arranging for appointments; establishing rapport with other agencies. Fosters client's action or adjustment by interpreting attitudes and patterns of behavior; explaining and pointing out new options. Performs individual and/or family therapy, as indicated. Maintains Medical Record and department case documentation barriers to goal attainment, and client/family response to intervention. Maintains appropriate casework statistics. Monitors planned actions by periodic follow-up. Maintains effective operations by following policies and procedures; participating in quality reviews; reporting needed changes. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. May develop and conduct in-service training programs. Participates in interdisciplinary conferences and provides consultation for clinical staff. Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
Qualifications:
Required:
Masters degree in Social Work from accredited educational institution State of Michigan licensure as a Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW)
Preferred:
Prior experience preferred Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as a Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association or equivalent through the Military Training network (MTN)
Additional Information Schedule:
Full-time Requisition ID:
26004409
Daily Work Times:
12:00PM - 8:30
PM Hours Per Pay Period:
80
On Call:
No Weekends:
Yes About Us McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan's largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
