Emergency Department Social Worker

Purpose of Job gt;

This position is responsible for serving as a member of an interdisciplinary team providing in‑patient and out‑patient social work services to patients and their families who present with losses related to illness, injury, or hospitalization. Interventions with patients include biopsychosocial assessments, group work and care conference facilitation, crisis/brief work counseling, and discharge planning through coordination of community resources. Job Functions

• Bachelor’s degree in social work

• Clinical, organizational, assessment, and communication skills
• Ability to meet and maintain the necessary background checks as aligned with position functions
• Ability to communicate in the English language for effective written and verbal correspondence in order to complete job functions as mentioned above
• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care (based on physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs) appropriate to the age of the patient(s) services in the assigned service area
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to provide effective individual, departmental, organization, verbal, and written communications
• Ability to communicate in the English language for effective written and verbal correspondence in order to complete job functions as mentioned above

• Licensed by the Minnesota Board of Social Work as an LSW, LGSW, LISW or LICSW

• Master’s degree in social work highly preferred
• Practical experience in a health care setting

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