🪄 Skills: Communication SkillsCollaborationC (Programming language)
Requirements:
0-2 years of relevant experience in social work, preferably in a healthcare setting.
Bachelor's degree in social work from a school or program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Appropriate Texas state licensure required.
Bilingual in Spanish.
Demonstrated knowledge of age-specific differences in the patient population, including physiological, psychological, and developmental differences unique to late adolescence, adulthood, middle age, and the elderly.
Responsibilities:
Provides information & helps coordinate access to resources and services for patients, families, and/or caregivers, making appropriate referrals as needed.
Completes patient forms when necessary (i.e. patient disability forms, indigent drug program, etc.).
May administer psychosocial needs assessments, distress and depression screens to patients and families, and then forward the assessments needing evaluation to the appropriate, identified clinicians.
Acts as a patient/family advocate in negotiating the health care system.
Relays identified patient and family needs to medical team members.
Documents all tasks in EMR accurately, appropriately, and timely.
Develops and maintains working relationships with community agencies, health care organizations, and other providers to promote a broad base of support for patients and families.