Summary Provides a wide array of social work services to patients and families, including performing psychosocial assessments, developing and coordinating discharge plans to ensure continuity of care, and providing supportive counseling to enhance coping and functioning ability. May be asked to resolve issues occuring on all shifts, 7 days a week. Reports to Director of Clinical Bereavement. Performs other duties as assigned.Responsibilities
Utilizes social work skills by conducting psychosocial assessments of patients and families of all ages to determine support needs.
Provides supportive counseling to individuals, families and groups to address identified concerns and to enhance understanding of, coping with, and adjustment to illness/hospitalization.
Maintains current knowledge of and accessibility to community resources, placement facilities, and financial agencies to meet patient and family needs.
Complies with policies that support patient's fundamental right to considerate care, protect their personal dignity and respect their cultural, psychosocial and spiritual values in an effort to meet patient's care needs and preferences.
Completes assigned goals.
Requirements, Preferences and Experience EducationPreferred: MS prefer LMSW or LCSW; TN prefer LMSW or LCSWMinimum: MS LSW; TN MSW or CounselorExperiencePreferred: 3 years of experience in clinical social workMinimum: 1 year experience in a medical/clinical setting.Licensure, Registration, CertificationPreferred: LCSW;LMSWSpecial SkillsMinimum: Advanced communication, conflict management, organizational and planning skills. Basic computer literacy skills.About Baptist Memorial Health Care At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.At Baptist, We Offer:
Competitive salaries
Paid vacation/time off
Continuing education opportunities
Generous retirement plan
Health insurance, including dental and vision
Sick leave
Service awards
Free parking
Short-term disability
Life insurance
Health care and dependent care spending accounts
Education assistance/continuing education
Employee referral program
Job Summary: Position: 19920 - Counselor-GriefFacility: Center for Good GriefDepartment: TS Milla's HouseCategory: Social ServicesType: Non ClinicalWork Type: Full TimeWork Schedule: DaysLocation: US:TN:ColliervilleLocated in the Memphis metro area REQNUMBER: 24728
