Job Title: PRN/Part Time - Medical Social Worker - Home Health Location: Junction, TX, 76849 Agency: Hill country Preferred Senior Care Responsibilities: - 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'shealth 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.
Skills required : - 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.
Job conditions : - 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.
Qualifications Required : - 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.
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