Social Worker
- Ogden, UT
- $38.77-59.82 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Pay Range: $38.77 - $59.82 Non Exempt
- Benefits Eligible: No
- FTE: Part time
- Shift: Every other weekend. Shift hours are 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.) PRN during the week.
- Assessment & Screening: Evaluates patients for transition planning, mental health, substance use, and goals of care.
- Care Coordination: Develops and monitors care plans, addressing social determinants of health and community resources.
- Behavioral Health Support: Uses motivational interviewing and therapeutic techniques to promote mental health care including women’s services, behavioral change, trauma informed care, and substance use disorders.
- Therapeutic Intervention: Provides brief individual, group, and family therapy, plus psychosocial assessments.
- Diagnosis & Referrals: Identifies mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and connect patients to services.
- Education & Advocacy: Trains staff, educates patients, and advocates for rights and care access through facilitating safe transitions of care to the community.
- Team Collaboration: Works with healthcare teams, insurers, and community providers for quality care.
- Quality & Compliance: Leads improvement initiatives, tracks key metrics, and ensures policy adherence.
- Advanced Care Planning: Facilitates clinical goals of care discussions with patients, families, and teams.
- Master of Social Work (MSW) from an accredited institution (degree verification required).
- Current state licensure, as applicable, is obtained prior to or upon completion of required supervision hours: CSW or LCSW.
- Basic computer proficiency, including familiarity with word processing and spreadsheet software.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking skills.
- Case Management Certification.
- Experience in clinical care management, social work, or working with third-party payers.
- Demonstrated understanding of care management principles and practices.
- Demonstrated understanding of health insurance products and related processes.
- Demonstrated understanding of coding, episode of care, and length of stay guidelines.
- Ability to work independently, demonstrate self-motivation, maintain a positive attitude, and adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
- Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
- Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
- May have the same physical requirements as those of clinical or patient care jobs, when the leader takes clinical shifts.
- For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.