Social Worker

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Interviews clients and their families and coordinates and plans programs and activities to meet their social and emotional needs. Provides crisis intervention and assists families in understanding the implications and complexities of the medical situation and its impact on lifestyle.

• Develops and updates written protocols for the delivery of psychosocial support services.

• Provides staff development and training on assessments, reassessments, care plan development, interventions, prioritizing needs, case conferencing, and follow-up.

• Provides consultation, technical assistance and/or delivery of direct client psychosocial support services as needed.

• Selects and/or produces culturally competent psychosocial educational materials suitable for the client group.

• Honors diversity, including attitudes, practices, and/or policies that hold cultural differences and diversity in the highest esteem.

• Trains staff to be aware of the relationship between personal and environmental Issues.

• Educates team members regarding the client's attitudes, behaviors and coping styles which may affect their approach to care.

• Establishes and updates the psychosocial resource and referral procedures of local community agencies.

• Develops and implements a quality assurance and evaluation plan for the psychosocial component services.

• Provides consultation and technical assistance to the provider and staff about individual clients' psychosocial needs.

• Acts as the client's advocate in procuring local, state and federal benefits and services which she is entitled to receive.

• Takes responsibility for being knowledgeable and aligned in a working relationship with auxiliary service providers.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

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