Social Worker, Mental Health
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Healthcare
Mental Health, Clinical Social Worker, Community Health, Patient/Health Advocate -
Social Work
Mental Health, Clinical Social Worker, Community Health, Patient/Health Advocate
Social Worker Opportunity at UW Medical Center
- Montlake
The UW Medical Center
- Montlake
- Social Work Department has an outstanding opportunity for a Social Worker within the Emergency Department.
Work Schedule:
- Per Diem
- Rotating/Variable Shift
Position Highlights:
- Partner with patients, their families and the health care team to address their medically related social and emotional needs and provide support and advocacy as this impacts their medical condition, treatment, recovery and safe transition from one environment to another
- Be responsible for providing a full range of social work services including psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, discharge planning, crisis intervention and resource referral(s)
- Partner with the patient/family and the health care team to coordinate care across the continuum, improves the patients' care through effective utilization of resources by transitioning from the acute care episode to the post-acute setting
Primary
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide specialty consultation to other health care staff and health care teams regarding psychosocially focused aspects of client/patient care.
- Provide psychosocial support to patients and families.
- In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, develop and implement safe and timely discharge plans.
- Provide care coordination for patients with complicated social and medical histories.
- Provide case management and/or counseling services in specialized programs.
- Make timely referrals to hospital and community agencies including those required by mandatory reporting laws such as child and vulnerable adult abuse.
Required Position
Qualifications:
- A Master 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.
- Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington:
- Agency Affiliated Counselor
- Licensed Social Work Associate
-Advanced - Licensed Social Work Associate
- Independent Clinical - Licensed Advance Social Worker
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
About UW Medical Center-Montlake:
UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses:
Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit's light rail station across the street.
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