PRN​/Part Time - Medical Social Worker; MSW - Home Health - Menard, TX

Position: PRN/Part Time
- Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Health
- Menard, TX

Location: Menard, TX

Job : 3541

# of Openings: 1

Job Title: PRN/Part Time
- Medical Social Worker
- Home Health

Agency:
Hill country Preferred Senior Care

• Assists the patients, significant others, physician, and health care team staff to understand significant personal, emotional, environmental, and social factors and difficulties related to the patient's health problems; which interfere with maximizing the benefit of medical services and the plan of care.
• Contributes as a health care team member to the development of comprehensive, integrated treatment plans for patients.
• Instructs health care team members on community resources available to assist patients.
• Observes records and reports changes in the client's emotional and social factors that affect the client's illness and his/her need for care and his/her response to treatment.
• Maintains and submits written clinical records as deemed by the Agency, including the initial evaluation, the care plan and daily notes.
• Evaluates the clients and family's response to, and effectiveness of, the medical social work intervention.
• Participates in Agency activities and committees when appropriate to include staff development activities and in-service education.
• Supervises the social work assistant once monthly.
• Assumes responsibility for self-development by continually striving to improve his/her Medical Social Worker‘ practice though formal education, attendance at workshops and conferences, active participation in professional and related organizational meetings, and individual research and reading.

• Assesses the client’s potential to cope with his/her social and health problems.
• Acts as consultant to the members of the health team, assists them in understanding the social, emotional and environmental factors related to the client's health problems.
• Helps clients to utilize the resources of their families and the community.
• Provides rehabilitative and supportive casework.
• Assists clients and their families in coping with personal and environmental difficulties which might predispose them toward illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.

• The ability to communicate well, both verbally and in writing is required.
• The ability to access clients' homes which may not be routinely wheelchair accessible is required.
• Hearing, eyesight and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the client's condition and to perform client care.
• Physical activities will include, walking, sitting, stooping, standing and minimal to maximum lifting of clients and the turning of clients.

• A person who has a master's degree (MSW) from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or the individual must be licensed in the State of Texas.
• One year of experience, working as a social worker.
• Current driver's license with current automobile insurance.