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Temporary Social Worker (Care Coordination Division)

The University of Iowa
place Iowa Falls, 50126
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Contract
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
ECT
Families
Individuals
Victims of Crime/Abuse (VOC/VOA)
Racial Justice Allied

About Job

Posting ID
151274

Department
Care Coordination Division/UIHC

Jobcode
Social Worker III

Working Title
Temporary Social Worker (Care Coordination Division)

Details

The University of Iowa Healthcare department of Care Coordination is seeking a temporary Social Worker III to provide direct social work services including assessment, treatment, interventions, and recommendations to facilitate movement through the continuum of care to patients and their families. This role will also participate in and provide the social work perspective to interdisciplinary activities, as well as provide social work treatment, individually or in groups, to patients and clients and their families with complex emotional or social problems. Additionally, this position assumes basic consultation, supervisory, teaching, research, program development, and/or administrative responsibilities. Duties to include:

  • Develops and implements plan of care, responsive to patient/family concerns, health care status, available resources, age‑specific problems, and clinical impressions.
  • Identifies patients requiring social work intervention through use of case finding.
  • Performs social work assessments with patient and/or family involvement.
  • Develops clinical impressions and rates severity of problems for planned interventions.
  • Provides range of social work services responsive to identified problems (e.g., help with psychosocial functioning, help with adaptation to illness, facilitating services, protective services, post‑hospital planning, etc.).
  • Provide detailed job responsibilities
  • Provides information, consultation and professional support to interdisciplinary team members.
  • Provides information to team members regarding psychosocial issues and their impact.
  • Informs team members of social work treatment goals and patient status and progress and collaborates with team regarding service provision.
  • Acts as resource for team (e.g., participates in patient care rounds, team conferences, etc.)
  • Advocates for the social work role with health care team members.
  • Uses body of social work knowledge & understanding of human behavior to remedy team-related issues and help team members evaluate and enhance team functioning.
  • Develops and facilitates groups for patients and/or significant others as appropriate.
  • Identifies goals and structure for group work services.
  • Provides therapy, educational, and/or support group services reflecting diagnosis‑ and age‑related issues.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of group and revises as necessary.
  • Contributes to strengthening the social work profession.
  • Participates in local, regional, state or national social work or health care‑related groups.
  • Contributes to the development, strengthening and delivery of needed health and social services.
  • Participates in departmental and unit-based activities.

Percent of Time: TBD, 24 hours per month. Normal Monday - Friday business hours.

ED coverage and willingness to work evening hours preferred.

Education Requirements



  • A Master’s degree with a major concentration in social work

Experience Requirements


  • 6 months-1 year of clinical social work experience
  • A license to practice social work in Iowa
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills


Contact
SETON VINSAND
Phone: 319-353-9650
Email: seton-vinsand@uiowa.edu

Application Instructions
Please email resume and cover letter to Seton Vinsand.

Ad Start Date
07/31/2025

Ad End Date
11/28/2025

Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT

Modalities

Families
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Populations

Victims of Crime/Abuse (VOC/VOA)
Racial Justice Allied
School

Settings

In-patient Non-Psychiatric
In-patient Psychiatric
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Schools
Home Health/In-home