Social Worker; LSW​/LCSW - Community Health Initiatives

Position: Social Worker (LSW/LCSW) - Community Health Initiatives
Overview

The Social Worker Home Visitor ‘ Healthy Beginnings provides professional services to clients and their families eligible for the Healthy Beginnings Services in order to meet identified psychosocial, emotional, financial and environmental needs. The social worker provides psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, emergent crisis intervention appropriate to setting, financial resource information, environment enhancements, advance directive planning and referrals to community agencies for clients and their caregivers/families in the client‘s home, mobile health clinic (MHC), or other settings.

Using an interdisciplinary team approach, the social worker ensures clear communication and helps to facilitate care transitions. The social worker identifies and implements interventions at the individual and systemic levels and provides expertise to high risk clients across the continuum. The social worker works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to support the RN performing at the highest level of their license in addition to maximizing the social worker‘s specialized training to address complex cases.

Social Services are provided as part of a collaboration with interdisciplinary teams in adherence to the NFP model, and to policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of NFP and of the Carle Health System.
Qualifications

Educational Requirements

Education Level

Field of Study

Master‘s Degree

Social Work

Or

Bachelor‘s Degree

Social Work

Licensure/Certification Requirements

Licenses/Certifications

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Or

Licensed Social Worker (LSW) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

And

Driver‘s License - Secretary of State (SOS)

And

Proof of Auto Insurance - Varies

Home visiting model training

- Experience Requirement

Work Experience

Length of Experience

Related field

1+ years

Specialized Knowledge and Skills Requirements

Ability to coordinate multiple referrals concurrently and establish priorities. Possess strong planning, teaching, and organizational skills. Self-motivated, culturally competent, responsive, and dependable. Ability to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups. Ability to function at a high level of independence while remaining an active part of the interdisciplinary home visiting team and mobile health clinic team. Requires flexibility in hours and job duties.

Possess strong knowledge of prenatal, early childhood, and disadvantaged populations. Possess strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to uphold the Carle Behavior Standards in encounters. Provides productivity reports as deemed necessary. Supports the growth of Health Beginnings meet health system and community needs. Supports policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of NFP and of Carle Health System. Attends and participates in bi-weekly case conferences and team meetings, in accordance with the Healthy Beginnings structure.

Creates a culture of caring, trust, as well as support and growth with families, community members, and team members. Engages in continuous, organizational learning. As new knowledge is acquired through evaluation, study, experience, and innovative approaches, processes and initiatives are refined. Develops and maintains knowledge base of current and applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and accreditation standards. Demonstrates a deep understanding and respect for the community.

Understands, supports, represents, and coaches others in the NFP vision, mission, and model in actions and verbally to both internal and external customers and colleagues.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Involves client and family in case planning decisions.

Provides social work intervention to clients and their families eligible for the Healthy Beginnings and/or Mobile Health Clinic services.

Helps to facilitate care transitions, referrals to social services, and other specialist when needed.

Provides assistance and advocacy to clients in obtaining financial resources and government entitlements.

Provides social work intervention to patient/families…