Social Worker - MSW - CAS, UPMC Your Care
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Employer: UPMC Senior Communities
Industry: Community Provider Services
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
UPMC Your Care is hiring Social Worker, MSW working Monday - Friday daylight shifts.
The Social Worker is responsible for providing complete psychosocial assessments, care coordination, crisis intervention, individual, family, group, bereavement and end of life counseling, and timely and appropriate discharge planning based on known or anticipated needs for UPMC Your Care UPMC Health Plan members. Collaborates and facilitates care with member's primary care provider, UPMC Your Care Interdisciplinary Team, other departments, providers, community resources and caregivers to achieve desired member outcomes throughout the continuum of care. Members are followed by face-to-face interactions in their community including the hospital, providers' offices, skilled nursing facility, home, or other health care facilities.
Why Choose UPMC Your Care?
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
The Social Worker is responsible for providing complete psychosocial assessments, care coordination, crisis intervention, individual, family, group, bereavement and end of life counseling, and timely and appropriate discharge planning based on known or anticipated needs for UPMC Your Care UPMC Health Plan members. Collaborates and facilitates care with member's primary care provider, UPMC Your Care Interdisciplinary Team, other departments, providers, community resources and caregivers to achieve desired member outcomes throughout the continuum of care. Members are followed by face-to-face interactions in their community including the hospital, providers' offices, skilled nursing facility, home, or other health care facilities.
Why Choose UPMC Your Care?
- Patient Rapport: Establish strong relationships with patients and their families as you guide their treatment plans in-home.
- Direct Care: Provide 1:1 direct care, building lasting connections with patients.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy UPMC's robust benefits package, supporting your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- Mileage Reimbursement: Receive mileage reimbursement at the federal rate
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate the ability to identify, assess, counsel and effectively intervene with medically and psychosocially complex members with the ability to understand complex dynamics related to the clinical situation. Successfully utilize therapeutic counseling methods such as crisis intervention, psychosocial support, brief goal-directed therapy, CISM and/or other appropriate therapeutic methods that may be appropriate to the clinical situation. Complete a psychosocial assessment that includes social, economic, cultural, age-related and behavioral factors, history of child, elder or domestic abuse, prior psychiatric or substance abuse treatment, family and social support systems and all other available resources as appropriate to the clinical situation. Collaborate effectively with the UPMC Your Care interdisciplinary team, members and families and relevant community resources to develop and implement and individualized plan of care. Continue to monitor and evaluate the plan of care, options and available services throughout the healthcare setting to effectively meet the member and family's need. Reassess the plan of care as appropriate and as status changes. Maintain extensive knowledge of federal, state and local assistance programs and community resources that affect member needs.
- Demonstrates expertise in accessing social systems by providing resource-specific information to members and families, initiating contact with appropriate resources and facilitating the member / family's ability to accept referrals. Educate and advocate for members and families to enhance their ability to make informed decisions regarding medical care, discharge planning, advance directives and end of life care including actively participating in the guardianship process when appropriate. Demonstrate a knowledge of reimbursement systems, the ability to educate patients and families regarding payer requirements / coverage for post-acute care services and the ability to effectively advocate on behalf of the patient to obtain authorizations for continued care as appropriate. Provides accurate, timely and appropriate documentation of all social work interventions in the medical record per regulatory policies and procedures. Demonstrate appropriate professional practice, maintaining respect for confidentiality and freedom of choice as outlined by the Code of Ethics by the National Association of Social Workers as well as the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors. Attends and participates in face-to-face conferences, team meetings, and other work-related meetings. Acts as a mentor to social work students and/or serves as a field instructor to MSW students.
Qualifications:
- MSW degree from a CSWE accredited School of Social Work required.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Current / active Social Work License required or successful pass of the social work licensing exam within 9 months of employment. - Automotive Insurance
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Clinical Social Worker (CSW) OR Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
- Driver's License
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Created: 2024-06-25
Reference: 6084214765
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
ZIP: 15216
About UPMC Senior Communities
Founded in: 1893
Number of Employees: 110000
Website: https://www.upmc.com/
Career site: https://careers.upmc.com/
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