Social Worker - Full Time - Greater Pittsburgh Region

Highmark Health

Pittsburgh, US
Psychosocial assessment and intervention
Discharge planning
Crisis intervention and counseling
This job collaborates with all disciplines for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating / documenting psychosocial factors which contribute to patients' illnesses and/or have an impact on continuity of care

Job Summary

  • This job collaborates with all disciplines for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating / documenting psychosocial factors which contribute to patients' illnesses and/or have an impact on continuity of care.
  • Provides crisis intervention/counseling to identified populations to enhance patient/family coping mechanisms regarding illness.
  • Engages the patient/family/significant other and interdisciplinary team in the discharge process to identify appropriate post-acute resources and community service follow-ups.

Matching Summary

This job collaborates with all disciplines for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating / documenting psychosocial factors which contribute to patients' illnesses and/or have an impact on continuity of care.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • psychosocial assessment and intervention
  • discharge planning
  • crisis intervention and counseling
  • patient and family education
  • collaboration with interdisciplinary team

Nice-to-have

  • enhancing social work role
  • patient/family coping mechanisms

Key Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Social Work
  • 2 years’ experience in healthcare setting
  • Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance
  • Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance
  • Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting

Work Rights

Not specified

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