Case Mgmt Social Worker (CT)

Requisition Number: 19711

Position Title:

External Description:

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations.

 

Summary: Responsible for providing social service and discharge planning functions for the inpatient behavioral health unit. Completes psychosocial assessments, contributes to the integrated treatment plan, runs therapeutic groups, coordinates discharge plans. Maintains performance improvement activities within the department and participates in PI activities. Population served based on scope of services in the department.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to perform psychosocial assessments within 72 hours of admission.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patient/ family and provides support, counseling and crisis intervention.
• Ability to assist physicians and communicate, social service, post-hospital care, and discharge planning needs of the patient.
• Leads insight-oriented, psychoeducational, process, or skills groups.
• Runs family meetings with both the physician and patient as needed.
• Provides support with advance directives and assists patient/family with the grieving process and makes referrals to Pastoral Care, as appropriate.

Requirements:

• Master Social Worker (MSW)
• Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in all aspects of social service and discharge planning
• PREFER: Two (2) years of social work experience

 

Location: Sharon-Sharon Hospital 50 Hospital Hill Road

Work Type: Full-Time

Standard Hours: 40.00

Work Shift: This is a 8a-430p five days a week position with weekend rotation shift position

Department: Care Coordination

Salary Range: $31 - $58 Hourly

 

EOE, including disability/vets.

City: Sharon

State: Connecticut

Community / Marketing Title: Case Mgmt Social Worker (CT)

Company Profile:

Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network have combined to form a new nonprofit health system. The name for the new health system will be Nuvance Health. The new health system was created to provide communities across New York’s Hudson Valley and western Connecticut with more convenient, accessible and affordable care.

EEO Employer Verbiage:

Location_formattedLocationLong: Sharon, Connecticut US

Job Number: 57432