Social Worker/LSW, Social Services, FT, Days

Provides direct clinical social work services to patients and their families in a multidisciplinary team approach. Completes an initial psycho-social assessment including social work treatment plan. Provides individual, family or group counseling, complex discharge planning, bio-ethics case consultation, referrals to community agencies and entitlement programs. Ensures continuity of care for those patients with complex post-acute care needs and maximizes the patient’s and family’s abilities to meet the continuing care needs within their social and financial framework. Understands stages of growth and development to assess each patient’s age specific needs to provide age specific treatment and care. Documents interventions in patient’s chart and submits monthly statistical information to the department. Graduation from an accredited graduate school of social work with an MSW (master’s in social work) degree. State licensure required by the NJ State board of social work examiners. Licensed social worker (LSW) or licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) depending upon years of social work experience and clinical course work. Founded in 1865, Saint Barnabas Medical Center is New Jersey's oldest and largest nonprofit, nonsectarian hospital, and among the busiest facilities in New Jersey. The 645-bed institution cares for over 40,000 inpatients and nearly 60,000 Emergency Department patients each year. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology delivers 7,000 babies annually, more than any other hospital in New Jersey. In addition, the Medical Center and the Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center provide treatment and services for over 300,000 outpatients annually. The Medical Staff is comprised of more than 1,500 physicians in 68 medical and surgical specialties and there are over 4,000 employees. As a teaching institution, Saint Barnabas trains 141 residents and fellows each year through 10 approved residency programs. Among Saint Barnabas' nationally recognized facilities are The Burn Center, the only certified burn treatment facility in the state; the Saint Barnabas Health Care System Renal Transplant Center, which performs more transplants than any other facility in New Jersey, New York, Boston or Philadelphia; The HEART HOSPITAL of New Jersey, a world-class cardiac surgery program in affiliation with Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; and the Regional Perinatal Center, providing care for high-risk and critically ill infants in New Jersey's leading 50-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. To Apply for this position, please CLICK HERE