Social Worker LCSW Community Care
Northeast Healthcare Recruitment

Job Info

Seeking LCSW to join a
team that provides compassionate care to the frailest elderly who have chronic
and acute illnesses living in their homes. Our LCSW delivers care and
counseling to a wide variety of patients with social and behavioral problems.
The LCSW will be accountable for caring for patients, connecting patients and
their families to support services, maintaining accurate and current patient
records and scheduling and administering initial, urgent, and follow-up
appointments to patients as required. The successful candidate will work as a
team with our Physicians, Advanced Practice Clinicians, and Care Team
Coordinators. Position is a mix of home based visits, remote/telephonic,
and office based in downtown Chicago at least one day per week.




* Performs
psychosocial assessments and provides therapeutic services to patients and
their families.

* Work
closely with Behavioral Health Medical Director to manage complex patient
cases and transitions of care

* Manages
complex behavioral and psychosocial needs that result in improved clinical
and financial outcomes

* Maintains
constant communication with patients when addressing their concerns and
goals and helping them keep positive attitudes

* Builds
rapport with patients and their families

* Assists
members to effectively utilize available resources to meet their personal
health goals and help them develop their own capabilities.

* Coordinates
with other healthcare providers, agencies and community resources in order
to create a thorough treatment plan addressing social, cultural, and
financial needs

* Collaborates
with the interdisciplinary team and participate in regularly scheduled
team meetings in the office in Chicago.

* Partner
with community team to refer patients to appropriate no or low-cost
community services that support health and independence such as Meals On
Wheels (MOW), local Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), Senior & Assistance
Programs, and transportation resources.

* Consults
with and advises the Clinical Team regarding the relationship of social,
emotional, and cultural factors to health and medical care, and to the
availability of social services in the community.

* Participates
in program and policy development of the Social Work program.



*Requirements*:




* Master's
Degree in Social Work





* Current
unrestricted LCSW license required.