Licensed Independent Social Worker; LISW AYA Cancer Survivorship
Listed on 2026-09-14
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Social Work
Mental Health, Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatric Care & Support -
Healthcare
Mental Health, Clinical Social Worker, Psychiatric Care & Support
Job Description Summary
The Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) – AYA Cancer Survivorship is an embedded member of the Survivorship Program, providing licensed psychosocial assessment, navigation, and therapeutic support to cancer survivors. The role is anchored in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) survivorship, with additional capacity to support the broader survivorship population as program needs and capacity allow. This approach ensures focused expertise for AYA survivors while strengthening psychosocial support across survivorship services.
The LISW works in close collaboration with interdisciplinary survivorship teams to deliver coordinated, patient‑centered care. The role provides psychosocial assessment and therapeutic interventions that require licensed behavioral health expertise, complementing—but not duplicating—clinical coordination and survivorship care planning functions.
Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC002261 CHS OH
- Cancer ICCE Administration Pay Rate Type Salary Pay Grade Health-29 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift
The Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) – AYA Cancer Survivorship is an embedded member of the Survivorship Program, providing licensed psychosocial assessment, navigation, and therapeutic support to cancer survivors. The role is anchored in Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) survivorship, with additional capacity to support the broader survivorship population as program needs and capacity allow. This approach ensures focused expertise for AYA survivors while strengthening psychosocial support across survivorship services.
The LISW works in close collaboration with interdisciplinary survivorship teams to deliver coordinated, patient‑centered care. The role provides psychosocial assessment and therapeutic interventions that require licensed behavioral health expertise, complementing—but not duplicating—clinical coordination and survivorship care planning functions.
- (1) Clinical & Psychosocial Support - AYA Survivorship (25%)
- Provides AYA‑focused psychosocial assessment, navigation, and licensed therapeutic interventions for cancer survivors transitioning from treatment to survivorship.
- Delivers developmentally appropriate counseling addressing: (1) anxiety, depression, and psychosocial distress, (2) fertility and family‑planning concerns, (3) education, employment, and financial stressors, (4) identity development, relationships, and social reintegration.
- Provides longitudinal psychosocial support within the AYA Survivorship Program.
- (2) Clinical & Psychosocial Care
- General Survivorship (20%)- Provides psychosocial assessment, counseling, and therapeutic support to survivors within the general survivorship population. Supports patients experiencing adjustment challenges, psychosocial distress, or barriers to care during long‑term survivorship and follow‑up.
- (3) Program Development & Support (20%)
- Supports development and implementation of the AYA Survivorship Program, including: (1) psychosocial screening workflows, (2) referral pathways, (3) patient engagement strategies.
- Participates in survivorship clinics, interdisciplinary meetings, program development initiatives, and community outreach engagements.
- (4) Care Coordination & Collaboration (20%)
- Collaborates closely with the Survivorship Program Team and the Survivorship Nurse Navigator to ensure coordinated, holistic survivorship care while maintaining clear role delineation.
- Coordinates internal referrals to behavioral health, fertility services, rehabilitation, wellness, and other supportive care programs.
- Serves as an embedded psychosocial resource within survivorship clinics to reduce…
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