Job Description

The Social Worker will practice within the interprofessional team model and be responsible for providing psychosocial assessment and support discharge planning, counseling, financial planning assistance, and patient/family education to assist individuals and their families to achieve optimal psychosocial functioning throughout the continuum of care.

Contribute to safe, quality care by:

• Discerning relevant information to make effective judgments and decisions.
• Making appropriate social work decisions to facilitate patient care and quality outcomes.
• Providing psychosocial assessment, consultation, treatment and discharge planning within a systems perspective.
• Facilitating the team’s ability to handle the psychosocial aspects of patient care.
• Providing consultation to professionals throughout the hospital.
• Participating in the formulation of t...