UCSF

Public health sciences university in San Francisco

Clinical Social Worker - Birth Center

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSan Francisco, CA, USA$63.68 - $82.76

About the Job

Requirements

A master's degree from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited school of Social Work is required for Clinical Social Worker II.
For Clinical Social Worker III, a California clinical social work license through the Board of Behavioral Sciences is required.
For Clinical Social Worker III, three years of experience in a healthcare setting is required; hospital-setting experience is preferred.
Knowledge of relevant community resources commensurate with illness, symptoms, mental status, and functional impairments, and knowledge of medical and psychological sequelae of illness and their impact on social functioning, potentially specific to the patient population.
Resourcefulness, effective written and oral communication, diplomacy, and organizational and analytical skills.
Ability to work independently, assertively, and creatively in problem-solving, systems planning, and patient care management in a high-volume environment.
Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams.
Basic pager, telephone, and computer skills, including use of the internet.
Flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
Knowledge and skills in substance use and dependence assessment and intervention strategies, mental illness, end-of-life and bereavement care, benefits and entitlements, and adjustment to illness.

Responsibilities

Provide psychosocial assessment and interventions based on preliminary risk screening, evaluating patients’ and families’ psychosocial risk factors, including prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping ability.
Intervene with patients and families regarding the emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness or disability, and seek support from a Clinical Social Worker III as appropriate for complex family dynamics affecting patient care and discharge.
For patients with significant or intensive psychosocial needs, serve as primary care manager in collaboration with the case manager to manage clinical resources and transition planning from admission through discharge, identifying and removing barriers to required clinical services and timely discharge when medically ready.
Meet with providers, the care team, and the patient to identify medical-readiness goals and formulate primary and backup discharge plans.
Coordinate and lead multidisciplinary rounds, monitor discharge milestones, assign accountability for tasks, and proactively identify and address or escalate barriers to timely discharge.
Reassess patients as needed and make real-time adjustments to discharge plans.
Complete required documentation in APeX screens and patient records, and comply with departmental standards for timely, accurate, and complete medical-record documentation and collection of required statistical data.
Participate in interdisciplinary team goal-setting and care planning for complex psychosocial cases through attendance, participation, and facilitation of multidisciplinary rounds.
Participate in discharge planning for complex patients to promote timely discharge when medically ready and provide appropriate linkage with post-discharge care providers.
Facilitate care coordination with the multidisciplinary treatment team to support care progression, optimize patient outcomes, and enable timely discharge when medically ready.
Address complex family dynamics affecting patient care and discharge, and educate patients, families, and physicians about post-acute options and patient choice.
Assess, intervene in, and report domestic violence, child or elder abuse, and other reportable situations in accordance with legal mandates and UCSF policy and procedure.
Collaborate with Psychiatry and other appropriate teams on cases involving psychiatric holds, primary mental health or substance abuse problems, or suicidal or homicidal ideation.
Provide counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end-of-life issues; identify surrogate decision-makers; facilitate completion of Advance Health Care Directives and POLST forms; and coordinate probate conservatorship applications when appropriate.
Attend departmental, hospital, and community in-services related to the field of practice.
Participate in quality-improvement activities and program planning for the department, hospital, and service lines.
Provide oversight and direction for activities delegated to and performed by the Resource Coordinator and/or Patient Care Navigator.
When available and under the Social Work Supervisor’s direction, provide clinical supervision to Clinical Social Worker II staff for LCSW licensure in compliance with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Participate in coverage as needed and assigned, and comply with UCSF policies relevant to the scope of work.

Desired Qualifications

Healthcare and/or hospital-setting experience is preferred for Clinical Social Worker II.
A current California clinical social work license in good standing is preferred.

The Clinical Social Worker intervenes with patients who have complex psychosocial needs, require assistance with eligibility determination for social programs and funding sources, and quality for community assistance from a variety of special funds and agencies. In addition, offers crisis intervention to patients and families with psychosocial needs, and coordinates and facilitates the development of a discharge plan of care. The Clinical Social Worker coordinates resources and services in response to a patient’s psychosocial needs while collaborating with Case Managers, Nursing Staff, Medical Staff, and ancillary departments with the goal of supporting a timely and safe discharge and/or meeting the continuing care needs within the fiscal realities of the case. The CSW will practice within the scope of UCSF’s mission statement: Caring, Healing, Teaching, Discovering; and the values statement of UCSF’s Everyday PRIDE: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, Excellence.

The CSW will participate in department education and practice improvement activities. The CSW works in a collaborative practice model, facilitating care coordination with the multidisciplinary treatment team for care progression to optimize patient outcomes and timely discharge when patient is deemed medically ready. The CSW will provide social work services to any patient regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social, cultural, educational or religious background, language, age, ancestry, citizenship, color, national origin, race, presence of mental or physical disability, source of payment for care, medical condition, marital status or status as a veteran.

The CSW III (LCSW) has advanced clinical knowledge and skills and participates in leadership activities including advanced program planning, provision of educational programs, clinical supervision, consultation to the clinical team, other departments, and the community.

DEPARTMENT:

The Birth Center.

Dealing with an illness can be a very difficult time for patients and their loved ones. At UCSF Health sensitive social workers in our Social Work department are available to assist patients and their families cope with the many psychological and social problems that may arise when facing illness, hospitalization and medical treatment.

Our social workers act as patient advocates by serving as counselors, helping to find resources and solving problems. Any concerns related to the psychological, practical and social well-being of each patient or their loved ones may be discussed openly with our social workers.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

REQUIRED FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER II

Masters degree from a CSWE accredited school of Social Work.
Experience (internship/career) in a healthcare and/or hospital setting preferred.
Knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigned to the position, including knowledge of relevant community resources commensurate with illness, symptoms, mental status, and impairments in functioning and knowledge of the medical and psychological sequelae of course of illness and impact on social functioning (may be specific to patient population).
Demonstrates resourcefulness, effective written and oral communication, diplomacy, and organizational and analytic skills.
Self-directed, assertive and creative in problem solving, systems planning and patient care management in a high-volume work environment.
Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams.
Basic pager, telephone, and computer skills including the use of the internet.
This position requires flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations.
REQUIRED FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER III
All items from Clinical Social Worker II Requirements, as well as items below
Licensed in Clinical Social Work in the state of California/Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Three years of experience in a healthcare setting required and hospital setting preferred.
The CSW III has advanced clinical knowledge and skills and is distinguished from the CSW II by leadership activities including participation in advanced program planning, provision of educational programs, clinical supervision, consultation to the clinical team, other departments, and the community.

PREFERRED:

Current California State License of Clinical Social Work in good standing.
Three years of experience in a healthcare setting required and hospital setting preferred.

LICENSES AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS:

REQUIRED FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER III

All items from Clinical Social Worker II Requirements, as well as items below
Licensed in Clinical Social Work in the state of California/Board of Behavioral Sciences.

% of time	Essential Function (Yes/No)	Key Responsibilities (To be completed by Supervisor)
30		Provide psychosocial assessment and interventions on the basis of preliminary risk screening, assesses patient’s and family’s psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness and ability to cope. Intervene with patient and families regarding emotional, social and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; illicit support of CSW III, as appropriate to deal with families exhibiting complex family dynamics that impact directly on patient care and discharge. For patients with significant or intensive psychosocial needs, serve as primary care manager, working in close collaboration with case manager to manage the clinical resources and transition planning for patient within assigned caseload from admission through discharge, actively working to identify/eliminate barriers to delivery of clinical services required to advance care and promote timely discharge once medically ready. As primary care manager: Meet with provider, care team and patient to identify goals for medical readiness and formulates primary/back-up discharge plan Coordinate and lead multi-disciplinary rounds and monitor discharge milestones, assign accountability for tasks, and proactively identify and address/escalate barriers to timely discharge Reassess patient, as needed, to make real-time adjustments to discharge plan Complete all required documentation in APeX screens and patient records
20		Active member of the interdisciplinary team, specifically on complex psychosocial cases, contributing to team goal setting and plan of care through attendance, participation in, and facilitation of multi-disciplinary rounds (MDRs). Participate in discharge planning activities for complex patients, to drive timely discharge when patient medically ready and to provide appropriate linkage with post-discharge care providers Work in a collaborative practice model, facilitating care coordination with the multidisciplinary treatment team for care progression to optimize patient outcomes and timely discharge when patient is deemed medically ready.
15		Intervene with patient and families regarding emotional, social and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; deals with families exhibiting complex family dynamics that impact directly on patient care and discharge. Educate patient/family and physician regarding post-acute options and addresses issues of choice.
10		Assess, intervene with and report domestic violence, child/elder abuse and other reportable situations in accordance with legal mandates and UCSF policy and procedure.Collaborate with Psychiatry and other appropriate teams on cases with psychiatric holds or primary mental health/substance abuse problems and/or patients expressing suicidal or homicidal ideation. Knowledge and skill with substance use and dependence assessment and intervention strategies, mental illness, end of life/bereavement, benefits and entitlements, and adjustment to illness.
10		Serve as a resource person and provide counseling and intervention related to treatment decisions and end-of-life issues; identify surrogate decision maker, facilitate completion of Advance Health Care Directive and the POLST; when appropriate, coordinate application for probate conservatorship.
5		Comply with Department standards for timely submission, accuracy and completeness of documentation in the Medical Record and collects all required statistical data.
5		Attend department, hospital and community in-services related to field of practice. Participate in quality improvement activities and program planning for the Department, Hospital and Service Lines.
5		Provide oversight and direction for activities delegated and performed by the Resource Coordinator and/or Patient Care Navigator. As available and under the direction of the Social Work Supervisor, provide clinical supervision to CSW II staff for the purpose of LCSW licensure in compliance with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS). Participate in coverage as needed and assigned. Compliant with all UCSF policies relevant to scope of work. Comply with Department standards for timely submission, accuracy and completeness of documentation in the Medical Record and collects all required statistical data.
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Budgeted Job Salary Range: 63.68-82.76

About the Company

UCSF

Public health sciences university in San Francisco

UC San Francisco is a public research university in San Francisco focused solely on health sciences, combining professional education with biomedical research and patient care. Its schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy train clinicians and scientists, while teams investigate cancer, immunology, genomics and neuroscience. UCSF Medical Center and Benioff Children's Hospitals connect clinical care with faculty research and training, and university clinics serve patients across Northern California. Founded in 1864, UCSF is the University of California campus dedicated to graduate and professional education and biomedical research, based in San Francisco.

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