Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care jobs in Connecticut
Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care provides social work services to home care patients and their families. Assesses and treats emotional and behavioral problems related to patient illness. Being a Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care participates as a member of multi-disciplinary team and may assist patients in treatment planning. May contribute to the formulation of discharge plans. Additionally, Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care requires a master's degree of social work. Typically reports to a senior case manager. Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
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SOCIAL WORKER,MSW
- Hospital for Special Care
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New Britain, CT
FULL_TIME
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QUALIFICATIONS
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Required: MSW from an accredited graduate school of social work.
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Current licensure by the State of Connecticut as a Licensed Master Social Worker.
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Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) must achieve (LCSW licensure) within two years of date of hire.
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Required: Competence in meeting the needs of patients admitted to the hospital for treatment of complex medical issues, chronic disease and/or rehabilitation regardless of age or disability as determined through the interview process, previous work experience, and education.
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Required: One year clinical experience in a medical setting.
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JOB SUMMARY
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The social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team responsible for meeting the psychosocial needs of the patient. Responsibilities may include patient/family assessment, counseling, education, case management, advocacy and planning services. The social worker may also facilitate the development of a discharge plan and may coordinate after care continuity. The social worker provides education to staff, patients and families as necessary.
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS
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The job requires carrying of documents, books, and materials; occasionally the transport of patients, frequent walking, standing, sitting during many counseling/therapy sessions or meetings usually no more than ninety minutes; reaching and bending to access file drawers or cabinets, possible participation in physical restraint of patients, lifting and carrying of children. Manual dexterity is required to write type or use the computer and to access the dictation system.
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COGNITIVE DEMANDS
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Job requires independent problem identification. Abstract reasoning and adaptability to new situations, changing environments and information and quick decision making are required. A high degree of selective attention, discernment, perception and/or concentration in the presence of noise/distraction is necessary.
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Job requires the ability to analyze and synthesize information, to discriminate relevant from irrelevant information, to determine prognosis through interpretation of information, to learn new techniques and apply therapy to functional context; reading, auditory comprehension of abstraction and an ability to make inferences.
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Job requires a high degree of writing proficiency including attention to detail, adherence to all elements of style and ability to postulate. It also includes a working knowledge and familiarity with medical terms and definitions.
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Job requires a high level of communication skill including expression of abstract/complex ideas, use of negotiation and active listening skills. This includes an ability to dialogue with multiple parties. Also, to modify communication skills to the listening level, ability or readiness to comprehend.
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Job requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide with all units of measure, and to perform arithmetic operations involving all American monetary units.
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WORK DEMANDS
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Job requires primarily working indoors with an occasional need to be outdoors. Job requires working around many other people and the ability to interact with a variety of disciplines on a continuous basis. Schedule fluctuation is frequent and is often unpredictable due to census, documentation requirements and/or program development. There is exposure to body fluids, contagious disease and occasionally to blood-borne pathogens and radiation.
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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provide patient/family psychosocial assessment upon admission; ongoing family systems assessment as needed
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of current theory/practice; integrates such information into practice
- Completes all documentation according to discipline/unit standards
- Participates in the development/implementation of an interdisciplinary plan of care
- Provides supportive counseling to patients/families according to treatment plan
- Assists in the discharge process in collaboration with the treatment team, patient, and family
- Develop/maintain an understanding of the culture, traditions, values, beliefs that relate to health care and to decision making
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- MidState Medical Center
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- Hartford HealthCare at Home
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Mansfield, CT
FULL_TIME
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Social Worker MSW / Case Coordination (Per Diem)
- St. Vincent's Medical Center
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Bridgeport, CT
PER_DIEM
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Medical Social Worker- Home Health
- Nightingale Home Healthcare
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Stamford, CT
PART_TIME
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- New Britain General
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New Britain, CT
FULL_TIME
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- Dallas Nephrology Associates
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About Connecticut
Connecticut is bordered on the south by Long Island Sound, on the west by New York, on the north by Massachusetts, and on the east by Rhode Island. The state capital and fourth largest city is Hartford, and other major cities and towns (by population) include Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, Danbury, New Britain, Greenwich, and Bristol. Connecticut is slightly larger than the country of Montenegro. There are 169 incorporated towns in Connecticut.The highest peak in Connecticut is Bear Mountain in Salisbury in the northwest corner of the state. The highest point is just east...
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Income Estimation for Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care jobs
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What does a Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care do?
Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care in Portland, OR
At times the support of another human being can be more healing than any form of medical procedure or care technique in the history of health care.
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Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care in Pittsfield, MA
As a Medical Social Worker, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative care to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to remain at home.
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Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Care in Los Angeles, CA
BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an energetic and experienced Licensed Medical Social Worker, MSW, for a per diem opportunity performing home health visits for our office located in Marriottsville.
February 16, 2020