Job Description** **Harborview Medical Center - Social Work** has an outstanding opportunity for a **Social Worker within the Emergency Department.** **WORK SCHEDULE** - Per Diem - Night Shift **POSITION HIGHLIGHTS** - Provide direct social work services to Psychiatric and Medical Emergency Services, Ambulatory Surgery, the Operating Room and observation status patients and their families located in Emergency Services unit **PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** - Implement social work clinical protocols for patients ranging from infancy through adulthood, including crisis intervention, social work assessment and discharge planning - Prioritize patients in need of psychiatric evaluation, minors, families of patients who are in need of trauma/grief interventions - Work with sexual assault victims, domestic, elder, and child abuse victims, patients with chemical dependency and other pyscho-social emergencies, patients needing nursing home placements and general resources such as transportation and housing - Possess knowledge of legal requirements for vulnerable populations, involuntary treatment for psychiatric patients, and patients with chemical dependencies **REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS** A Master of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education AND One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent is preferred. **LEGAL REQUIREMENTS** Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington: - Agency Affiliated Counselor, or - Licensed Social Work Associate -Advanced, or - Licensed Social Work Associate - Independent Clinical, or - Licensed Advance Social Worker, or - Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker **ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER** As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine.