Social Worker, Mental Health

Join the dynamic journey at Vynca, where we're passionate about transforming care for individuals with complex needs.

We’re more than just a team; we’re a close-knit community. Our shared commitment to caring for each other and those we serve is what sets us apart. Guided by our unwavering core values:
Excellence, Compassion, Curiosity, and Integrity, we forge paths of success together. Join us in this transformative movement where you can contribute to making a profound difference every day.

At Vynca, our mission is to provide comprehensive care for more quality days at home.

About the job

Vynca is seeking a dedicated Social Worker (SW) to play a vital role in our Clinical Care Delivery Team! As a Social Worker with Vynca, you are a key part of the interdisciplinary team (IDT), providing psychosocial assessment, counseling, and care coordination for seriously ill patients through a hybrid model combining in-person visits and telehealth. We’re seeking someone with a genuine passion for this important work and a deep commitment to providing exceptional patient and family support.

If you’re ready to make a meaningful difference in healthcare, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a hybrid role that requires traveling throughout northern New Jersey, combining in-person patient visits with telehealth care delivered across NJ and other states where Vynca operates. Candidates wishing to be considered must reside within 25-miles of the assigned territory due to frequency of travel.

What you’ll do

• Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments to identify patient and family strengths, barriers, and support needs through in-person visits, video technology, and telephone calls
• Provides grief and bereavement support to patients and families, including anticipatory grief counseling and funeral service assistance
• Screens for and addresses mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, and caregiver stress
• Assesses for safety risks including suicide ideation, abuse, neglect, and unsafe living conditions
• Participates in weekly interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings to discuss patient care plans
• Provides medical social work case management to a given group of patients and their families
• Assesses and responds to the psychosocial, practical, financial, and legal concerns of the patients and families/support systems
• Assists patients and families in accessing and using community resources
• Assists patients and families with the navigation of social and healthcare systems
• Mediates conflicts between families and care networks
• Completes financial needs assessments and assists with navigation on Medicare, Medicaid, Disability, Social Security, and Veterans Affairs benefits
• Assesses for spiritual and medical needs and communicates these promptly to the interdisciplinary team
• Establishes and maintains relationships with community resources
• Identifies problems, goals, interventions, and frequency of visits to complete the social work Plan of Care
• Facilitates advance care planning, including advance directive and POLST completion
• Completes documentation within 48 hours
• Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team and external agencies as necessary, including facilitating hospice referrals
• Assists with community outreach and education regarding Vynca services
• Assumes other duties in support of Vynca’s needs as directed by the Clinical Manager or Chief Medical Officer
• Ability to travel throughout the assigned New Jersey territory to perform in-person patient visits, attend training, or company events, as needed

Your experience and qualifications

• Active, unrestricted New Jersey Social Work license (LCSW), with the ability and willingness to obtain licensure in other states.
• 2+ years of health care social work experience.
• MSW in Social Work or BSW with equivalent experience.
• Experience in hospice, palliative care, oncology, or home health.
• Palliative care certification, highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of cultural competency with the target population.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with positive interpersonal skills.
• Must have general computer skills and a working knowledge of MS Office, G‑Suite, and the internet.
• Proficiency…