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Social Worker MSW

CHI
place Lake Jackson, 77566
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Counseling Nursing Social Work Other Behavioral, Mental, or Healthcare Field
local_atm $34 - $34 hourly
Job Summary And Responsibilities

As our Social Worker, you will be a compassionate advocate, providing vital support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges.

Every day, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling and crisis intervention, and connect clients to resources. You'll advocate for clients and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic support and promote well-being.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, strong knowledge of community resources, and proven crisis management abilities, fostering positive change and client empowerment.

  • Conduct and document psychosocial assessment of patients
  • Share responsibility in identifying appropriate decision makers if patient is without capacity, educating all in patients’ rights and encouraging participation in decision‐making and care
  • Provide liaison services and referrals to hospital resources and community agencies, including medication assistance programs
  • Identifies mental health needs of patients and Provides counseling and referral as indicated
  • Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare team members to ensure continuity and coordination of patient care throughout the continuum and into the community by coordinating placement with home health agencies, long term acute hospitals (LTACs), skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and assisted living facilities, nursing home placement, acute rehab, psych placement, and custodial care facilitation
  • Serves as a resource to the patient, family, and healthcare tem regarding emotional and behavioral issues and refers to community services available to adolescent, adults and elders

Required

Job Requirements

  • Masters Other from a Council on Social Work Education accredited graduate school of social work and Three (3) years clinical social work , upon hire or
  • Three (3) years allied health practice, with hospital or medical background or experience
  • Master Social Worker: TX, upon hire

Where You'll Work

St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is located on a beautiful, 25-acre campus in Lake Jackson, Texas. Offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and comprehensive treatment services, our hospital is home to a 154-bed patient tower, level III trauma center, advanced cardiac care center, and full-service, multidisciplinary cancer center. Our team consists of over 100 board-certified physicians and nearly 600 highly skilled team members to meet our patients’ medical needs. South Brazoria County’s premier healthcare system, St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is dedicated to providing quality care with compassion for the communities we serve.

Pay Range

$34.00 - $50.58 /hour

Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder
Cancer

Issues

Aging
Medication Management
Trauma

Age Groups

Adolescents/Teenagers (14-19)
Adults

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT
Pharmacotherapy

Modalities

Families
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Populations

Cancer Patients
Undergraduate/Graduate/Post Graduate
Victims of Crime/Abuse (VOC/VOA)

Settings

In-patient Non-Psychiatric
In-patient Psychiatric
Nursing Home
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Residential Treatment Facilities (RTC)
Schools
Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
Home Health/In-home