Social Worker, Mental Health

Job Details:
Lubbock Family Medicine - Lubbock, TX 79413

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

The overall purpose of the Social Worker position is to enable the facility to identify the medically related social and emotional needs of the patients/residents. This position acts to meet those needs through individual and group social services programming, promotes patients'/residents' potential during their stay, and collaborates with physicians and patients/residents to facilitate post‑acute care for patients.

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work or in a human services field.
• Licensed per state requirements or eligible for licensure.
• Skills in communication, documentation, assessment, and social work methods and techniques.
• Has at least one year of experience in a long‑term care setting and/or related healthcare setting.
• Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.

• Develops social histories of patients and a social assessment and care plan for each patient, identifying medically related social and emotional problems and needs.
• Coordinates bi‑monthly home visits.
• Works independently and is responsible for work without close supervision.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care plan conferences and contributes to the development of care plans.
• Establishes specific social action plans and realistic goals for each patient consistent with medically related social and emotional needs.
• Designs and develops social service programs that meet medically related social and emotional needs of patients/residents and comply with regulatory guidelines.
• With the Administrator, interprets and promotes patients' rights and the "Patients' Bill of Rights".
• Provides individual and group help for patients and families at times of adjustment, crisis, or need.
• Coordinates referrals and admissions processes as needed.
• Coordinates discharge planning with staff, patients, and families.
• Coordinates social services "in‑service" and educational programs for staff.
• Completes all necessary and supportive documentation—progress notes, intervention notes, adjustment notes—in accordance with state and federal regulations.
• Responsible for assuring patient/resident safety.
• Performs other duties/tasks as assigned.

• Interviewing/assessment skills
• Telephone skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to work independently