• Job Description

  Req#: SOCIA008501

  Join our Team

  We are looking for compassionate, caring people to join our talented staff of health care professionals as we continue to grow to be the preferred, regional health care partner in our community.

  Benefits

  We pride ourselves in retaining our top talent by offering work environments that support professional development and personal success. In addition to our robust healthcare and retirement plans, we offer:

  • Flexible schedules for work-life balance

  • Paid time off accrues on day one for part and full time employees

  • Get up to 50% of earned wages with Payactiv - access to the money you worked for, but haven't been paid yet

  • Earn While You Learn – Deaconess offers tuition reimbursement for many healthcare opportunities, STEP UP program will pay your normal wages for time spent in enrolled class hours for up to 18 hours per week for approved programs; Deaconess offers access to a full suite of tools to help manage and educate with student loans and expenses. One on one student loan coaching via email, chat or calls.

  • Educational Assistance up to $5.250.00 per calendar year while enrolled in undergraduate or graduate classes.

  • Outstanding Referral Programs

  • Pet Insurance Available

  • Medical Premium Assistance of up to 10% is available for eligible full time employees.

  • Wellness Incentives for full & part-time employee to reduce cost of insurance premium by $33.93 (and $11.30 for spouse, if applicable)

  • Onsite children’s care centers (Infant through Pre-K) at Midtown and Eastside Evansville, Indiana, and Henderson, Kentucky. Subject to availability

  • Deaconess RN on Call is available for employees 24/7/365 to speak to an RN

  • Automatic enrollment in a 401K plan at 3% pre-tax contribution with an outstanding employer matching program

  • Competitive pay, shift and weekend incentives, yearly opportunities for pay increases and bonuses

  • Career advancement opportunities

  • Competitive pay, shift and weekend incentives, yearly opportunities for pay increases and bonuses

  Job Summary
  To provide Social Services in accordance with acceptable social work practices and hospital policies and procedures. Assists patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties with predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.
  

  Essential Functions and Responsibilities

  • Provide patients and their family with available and appropriate resources, to lead a lifestyle that is as productive as possible.
  • Report child and adult abuse or neglect to the appropriate authorities in accordance with state laws as situations warrant with appropriate documentation.
  • Provide crisis intervention and resources to solve immediate patient and family problems and/or crisis situations with documentation in the medical record.
  • Works as a member of the multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive, client-centered, and trauma-informed integrated services.
  • Collaborate with the Ronald McDonald House Charities program team for grant, funding, and quality metric review.
  • Collaborate with the Social Services Departments to communicate current community needs and concerns, as well as update on the latest resources applicable to maternal-child health.
  • Builds understanding of and appreciation for diversity among clients and supports their connection to culturally responsive and culturally specific services as requested.
  • Manage the provision of client support services, including plans for safe care, social service needs, referrals, and community resource linkage.
  • Provide assistance with Medicaid applications for patients.
  • Other duties as assigned.

  Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in social work from an accredited program.
  • Must have a Bachelors of Social Work (LBSW) License within the applicable state
  • Experience in healthcare, crisis intervention, or social agency at minimum requirement.
  • Requires working with people within the community and coordinating warm hand off for hospitals and partnering agencies.

  Key Words: Therapist, LSW, Social Work, Social Worker, Women's Hospital, BSW

  Equal Opportunity Employer
  This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

• About the company

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