Social Worker-MSW, Fairmont Cancer Center

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• Provides social work services to patients, their families and/or significant others through counseling, emotional support, assisting with environmental needs, crisis intervention, and group leadership.
• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and community strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.
• Participates as an integral professional in an interdisciplinary treatment team led by physician.
• Formulates, develops, and implements comprehensive treatment plans utilizing appropriate and evidence-based treatments and interventions. Interventions may include crisis intervention, solution-focused brief intervention, and any other as appropriate.
• Screens, educates on diagnosis, and provides therapy and interventions to individuals with a variety of presenting problems including substance abuse, depression, anxiety, thought disorders, trauma, and autism spectrum. May perform these functions independently or as part of a team (if under the supervision of LICSW).
• Provides consultative services to health care team members within scope of care definitions as needed. Maintains working knowledge of relevant medical/legal issues that impact patient care (e.g., advance directives, child and elder abuse).
• Educates patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient’s diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and represents clinical social work perspective/liaison with patient and family.
• May formulate, develop, and implement discharge plans beginning on the day of admission through length of stay.
• Acts as a liaison with community agencies and resources to assist patients and families as needed.
• Facilitates cognitive/psycho educational group therapy at a minimum of once per day and provides individual Solution Focused Brief therapy and crisis intervention as ordered by doctor and/or as needed.
• Provides updates and information to families/support persons and care providers through length of patient stay and facilitates family meetings for discharge planning and education, as applicable.
• Facilitates referrals to placement options including but not limited to personal care home, nursing home, skilled rehab, assisted living, and group homes.
• Documents assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental, hospital and/or health system guidelines and standards.
• Maintains electronic medical records and documentation in accordance with department, hospital, medical center and/or health system policies. Attends and participates in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• For West Virginia Locations:
  Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field. Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW), Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) through West Virginia Board of Social Work.
• For Ohio Locations:
  Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field. Licensed Social Worker (LSW), Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), or Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervision (LISW-S) through Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board.
• For Maryland Locations:
  Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field. Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW), Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW), or Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LISW-C) through Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.
• For Pennsylvania Locations:
  Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field.

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

• Certification in Case Management.
• For Pennsylvania…