Social Work Clinician

Social Work Clinician

Full time, Evening shift – 8 hour, Onsite location:  Social Work Inpatient Allied Health, PALO ALTO, 300 Pasteur Dr, California. This is a Stanford Health Care job. The Social Work Clinician is the entry, developmental, and first working level of professional social work for employees who are recent graduates as well as those who have professional social work experience, but are not yet licensed as Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) by the State of California.

Employees initially work under close clinical supervision and are expected to develop casework and treatment skills as training and experience are gained. As increasing knowledge and competency are demonstrated, supervision is correspondingly reduced. The Social Work Job Family consists of three levels of professional non‑supervisory social work in a health care institutional setting at LPCH and SHC:
Social Work Clinician, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Advanced Clinical Social Worker. This job family is limited to those positions that require a Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited school of social work.

Stanford Health Care

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary health care teams to treat and plan for the social and medical needs of patients by consulting with other providers and making referrals; devise, develop and implement treatment plans as necessary; may make a diagnosis as part of a treatment plan.
• Conduct initial assessment of all new patients to evaluate social, emotional and physical needs by applying social work theories and techniques; interview and evaluate patients and family members; identify factors which may interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from treatment.
• Develop and implement patient management plans, including coordination of referrals to specialty and social services, recording of progress notes and provision of continuity of care; help clients cope with environmental and psychological issues of illness by explaining options and treatments as well as making appropriate referrals.
• Manage assigned caseload; prepare and maintain records and make written and oral reports to document case activity concerning patient care, counseling and therapeutic activities in accordance with department, hospital, medical center or health system policies; prepare reports and other documents concerning patients.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient care.
• Provide supportive counseling, grief counseling, crisis intervention and other appropriate therapeutic services to assist patients and families in coping with presenting symptoms and problems such as coping with illness, accepting medical recommendations, and loss of function; provide education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient’s diagnosis, illness, treatment and/or life situation.

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited college or university, or be within forty‑five (45) days of completion of the requirements for graduation with an MSW from an accredited college or university. Candidates who meet this qualification and furnish a letter from the Dean of the School of Work where they are a student in good standing attesting to this may receive a conditional offer of employment.
  
  Such new hires must provide proof of possession of an MSW degree from an accredited college or university within forty‑five (45) days of their date of hire, as a condition of continued employment.

• Ability to apply theories, principles and practices of medical social work and of social services delivery systems in a hospital or medical center setting.
• Ability to gather data needed to assess needs of patients and families.
• Ability to manage a caseload, recall case details, maintain confidentiality of information, determine the appropriate course of action in emergencies and other stressful situations.
• Ability to provide written case narratives and reports.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply effective assessment, interviewing, and counseling techniques.
• Knowledge of and ability to…