Job Information
RWJBarnabas Health Social Worker MSW in Livingston, New Jersey
Social Worker MSWReq #:0000145344
Category:Social Work
Status:Full-Time
Shift:Day
Facility:Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Department:Palliative Care
Location:
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Ctr, 94 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039
Job Overview:
Provides direct clinical social work services to patients and their families in a multidisciplinary team approach. Completes an initial psycho-social assessment including social work treatment plan. Provides individual, family or group counseling, complex discharge planning, bio-ethics case consultation, referrals to community agencies. Ensures continuity of care for those patients with a serious illness and maximizes the patient s and family s abilities to meet the continuing care needs within their social and financial framework.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Graduation from an accredited graduate school of Social Work with an MSW (Master s in Social work) degree
Certifications and Licenses Required:
State licensure required by the NJ State board of social work examiners.
Licensed social worker (LSW) or licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) depending upon years of social work experience and clinical course work.
Scheduling Requirements:
Days
FT
Essential Functions:
Understands stages of growth and development to assess each patient s age specific needs to provide age specific treatment and care.
Documents interventions in patient s chart and submits monthly statistical information to the department.
RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer