Social Worker - UW Medicine Primary Care at South Lake Union

** Job Description
**** UW Medicine Primary Care at South Lake Union
** has an outstanding opportunity for a
** Senior Social Worker.*
* ** WORK SCHEDULE
*** 40 hours per week
* Work from home - 2 days per week
* Monday-Friday
* Day Shift
** DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
** Located on the corner of Dexter Avenue N. and Republican Street, UW Medicine Primary Care at South Lake Union offers primary care appointments six days a week.

The clinic offers a full spectrum of primary care services (including family medicine and integrated behavioral health), obstetrics and gynecology, and sports medicine. Also located within the building, you’ll find designated specialty care from the UW Diabetes Institute and the Karalis Johnson Retina Center.
** POSITION HIGHLIGHTS
*** Provides professional social work services in a primary care setting.
* Provides social work services to clients/patients, their families, and/or others, all while exercising independent decision-making authority and expertise specific to assigned area of practice.
** PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
*** Works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team to provide psychosocial support and support utilization guidance to patients and families
* Provides care coordination for patients with complex social and medical histories.
* Makes timely referrals to hospital and/community agencies, including those required by mandatory reporting laws such and child and vulnerable adult abuse.
* Participates in practicum instruction of social work students and provides work direction to Social Work Assistant(s) and other staff.
* Engages in departmental program development activities, tasks forces, and committees.
* Provide crisis intervention to patients both over the phone and in person.
* Provide psychosocial assessments along with individual and group therapy utilizing evidence-based interventions.
** REQUIREMENTS
* ** Masters of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
** AND
* * One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent. (Experience can include a practicum placement as part of a social work training program and/or employment experience.)
* ** WASHINGTON STATE LEGAL REQUIREMENT:
** Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington:  + Agency Affiliated Counselor, OR  + Licensed Social Work Associate
- Advanced, OR  + Licensed Social Work Associate
- Independent Clinical, OR  + Licensed Advance Social Worker, OR  + Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
** ABOUT UW MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE
** UW Medicine Primary Care is a network of clinics located throughout the Puget Sound region. The clinics offer a wide spectrum of primary care services, as well as secondary care, from pediatrics to geriatrics. Urgent care services are offered seven days a week at select locations.

UW Medicine Primary Care is dedicated to improving the health of the public; our providers and staff are the cornerstones of our success. The foundation of our efforts to deliver exceptional care to our patients and families begins with our focus on the continuous development of our employees.
** Compassion. Innovation. Excellence.*
* ** ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER
** UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity…