Medical Social Worker - Elderly Acute Care - Beth Israel Lahey Health
Gloucester, MA
About the Job
Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Monday- Friday
Job Description:
We are currently looking for a Social Worker to join the Senior Adult Unit department at Addison Gilbert in Gloucester! The Senior Adult Unit (SAU) provides acute inpatient psych/med care for older adults. Average length of stay is 10 days. This is a voluntary, restraint free unit which is licensed by DPH. It is not considered a mental health unit licensed by DMH.
Responsibilities:
+ Assumes responsibility for the planning and delivery of safe and therapeutic treatment to all patients.
+ Collaborates with SAU multi-disciplinary treatment team to enhance the smooth delivery of quality care and development of appropriate and therapeutic treatment plans.
+ Advocates for patient needs by conducting ongoing psychosocial needs assessments and communicating these needs to the treatment team.
+ Collaborate with the treatment team, assumes responsibility for assigned patients’ disposition planning.
+ Works with other SAU Social Workers/Clinical Coordinator to provide effective communication regarding treatment and discharge planning with family, patients, HCPs or Guardians.
+ Coordinate therapeutic group programming for a diverse (socially and diagnostically) patient population of geriatric patients by assessing psycho social needs and abilities.
+ Collaborate with the treatment team, plans and provides appropriate individual and treatment groups to meet the ongoing patient needs.
+ Research and investigate appropriate group formats and purposes.
+ Provide assistance to Clinical Associates, SW and Nursing for activity ideas.
+ Makes Suggestions to unit leadership regarding purchasing of activity supplies etc.
+ Develops a weekly group/activity schedule.
+ Works collaboratively with Rehab Services to provide group/support which will enhance patient functional improvement
Qualifications:
+ Masters Degree in Social Work
+ Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker ( LCSW ), LICSW Preferred
+ Experience in Gerontology
+ Theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the clinical area
You have heard of Cape Cod but you may not have heard about Massachusetts's best kept secret, Cape Ann. Those who live on the "North Shore" are happy to keep their gold coast to themselves and for good reason. Restaurants as refined and diverse as you'll find 30 minutes south in Boston. Live music and the arts as well including Beverly's historic Cabot Theatre and North Shore Music Theatre, Rockport's Shaolin Performance Center and others. Miles and miles of pristine beaches. No high-rises on the ocean. Just an unspoiled coastline, much of it protected. Miles of trails for hiking and biking. Picturesque, historic yet vibrant towns like Manchester, Ipswich, Hamilton, Essex, Rockport and Gloucester. Some of the best public school systems in a state, Massachusetts, that perennially leads the nation in test scores. And of course, first class private school choices like Phillips Academy, The Governors Academy, The Pingree School and St. John's Prep. Simply put, there isn't a better place to live and raise a family in Massachusetts than on the North Shore.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Monday- Friday
Job Description:
We are currently looking for a Social Worker to join the Senior Adult Unit department at Addison Gilbert in Gloucester! The Senior Adult Unit (SAU) provides acute inpatient psych/med care for older adults. Average length of stay is 10 days. This is a voluntary, restraint free unit which is licensed by DPH. It is not considered a mental health unit licensed by DMH.
Responsibilities:
+ Assumes responsibility for the planning and delivery of safe and therapeutic treatment to all patients.
+ Collaborates with SAU multi-disciplinary treatment team to enhance the smooth delivery of quality care and development of appropriate and therapeutic treatment plans.
+ Advocates for patient needs by conducting ongoing psychosocial needs assessments and communicating these needs to the treatment team.
+ Collaborate with the treatment team, assumes responsibility for assigned patients’ disposition planning.
+ Works with other SAU Social Workers/Clinical Coordinator to provide effective communication regarding treatment and discharge planning with family, patients, HCPs or Guardians.
+ Coordinate therapeutic group programming for a diverse (socially and diagnostically) patient population of geriatric patients by assessing psycho social needs and abilities.
+ Collaborate with the treatment team, plans and provides appropriate individual and treatment groups to meet the ongoing patient needs.
+ Research and investigate appropriate group formats and purposes.
+ Provide assistance to Clinical Associates, SW and Nursing for activity ideas.
+ Makes Suggestions to unit leadership regarding purchasing of activity supplies etc.
+ Develops a weekly group/activity schedule.
+ Works collaboratively with Rehab Services to provide group/support which will enhance patient functional improvement
Qualifications:
+ Masters Degree in Social Work
+ Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker ( LCSW ), LICSW Preferred
+ Experience in Gerontology
+ Theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the clinical area
You have heard of Cape Cod but you may not have heard about Massachusetts's best kept secret, Cape Ann. Those who live on the "North Shore" are happy to keep their gold coast to themselves and for good reason. Restaurants as refined and diverse as you'll find 30 minutes south in Boston. Live music and the arts as well including Beverly's historic Cabot Theatre and North Shore Music Theatre, Rockport's Shaolin Performance Center and others. Miles and miles of pristine beaches. No high-rises on the ocean. Just an unspoiled coastline, much of it protected. Miles of trails for hiking and biking. Picturesque, historic yet vibrant towns like Manchester, Ipswich, Hamilton, Essex, Rockport and Gloucester. Some of the best public school systems in a state, Massachusetts, that perennially leads the nation in test scores. And of course, first class private school choices like Phillips Academy, The Governors Academy, The Pingree School and St. John's Prep. Simply put, there isn't a better place to live and raise a family in Massachusetts than on the North Shore.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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