Optum Hiring For LMSW- Home Health Social Worker – Grand Rapids, MI at Grand Rapids, MI  Full Time

 $2,500 SIGN ON BONUS FOR EXTERNAL HIRES

Landmark Health, part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, was created to transform how healthcare is delivered to the most medically vulnerable members in our community. Our medical group provides home-based medical care to chronically ill patients, many of whom are ill-equipped to navigate our overwhelming healthcare system.

The primary role of the Social Worker (SW) is to assess the psychosocial needs of members and provide solution-focused care coordination to address issues that limit their ability to address their health care needs through a combination of in home, telephonic and virtual visits The social worker is an active member of the Interdisciplinary care team (IDT)

You will plan and manage your daily schedule to provide high quality care that is patient-centered and timely. This Monday-Friday role will be based from the field and your home office; no on-call, evenings, or weekends.

Primary Responsibilities: 

The Social Worker is responsible for the primary duties listed below.

• Facilitating serious illness and advance care planning discussions with the patient and family
• Assessing the patient’s and family’s strengths and needs and developing a collaborative care plan
• Connecting patient and / or patient’s family / caregiver to appropriate community resources and supports
• Providing a combination of brief therapeutic interventions and solution focused care management 
• Utilizing motivational interviewing and other psychotherapeutic techniques to elicit behavior change
• Navigating community resources and developing community partnerships to improve access to care and ease of systems navigation

Required Qualifications: 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Master’s Degree (MSW) in Social Work
• Active, unrestricted licensed in Michigan as a LMSW-Clinical specialty
• 2+ years of social work experience (internship not included)
• Excellent communication skills and knowledge of accessing community resources
• Access to reliable transportation required; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Landmark Motor Vehicle Safety Policy
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Palliative and/or hospice care experience
• Experience in delivering homecare or field case management