Bilingual Social Worker, Texas Licensed - Remote

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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.