Henry Ford Health System Hiring For Inpatient Behavioral Health Social Worker, Llmsw at Ferndale, MI, United States Full Time

Job Description

The Social Worker Intern is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited program required.
• Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.
• Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Ability to analyze data.
• Familiar with PC. Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies.
• Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements.
• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change.
• Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.
• Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED

• LLMSW required. Must obtain full licensure upon 12 months of completing 4,000 supervised hours in a full time status. A limited licensed MSW must practice under direct supervision of a LMSW.
• A LLMSW must sit for and pass The State Board after acquiring 4,000 hours of supervised social work experience. This previous supervised work experience may be acquired outside of the Henry Ford Health System.

Overview

Under the leadership of President and CEO Wright L. Lassiter, III, Henry Ford Health is a
$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites
including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and
other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system
now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one
of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the
health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s
major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and
remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical
education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing
in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,
pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visit HenryFord.com.

Benefits

Whether it’s offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or
making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it’s all about choice. Henry
Ford Health has a new approach for its employee benefits program – My Choice
Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are
dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance
and learning – options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an
employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program
(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness, and a whole host of other benefits and services. Employee’s classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.