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Conducts psychosocial assessment of patients, families, and social systems. Develops treatment goals and empowers patients to remove barriers to successful treatment. Provides brief, solution-focused counseling as needed, and facilitates a plan of care to ensure the patient’s psychosocial needs are addressed. Acts as patient advocate. Provides referral to appropriate community resources to ensure continuity of care. This role is utilized in the Psychiatric Acute Adult unit.

What the Social Worker Masters will need:

Masters Degree in Social Work or related field from an accredited school

Eligible for licensure by the Michigan Board of Social Work as a Limited Licensed Master’s Social Worker (LLMSW) or Licensed Master’s Social Worker (LMSW)

One year social work experience in health care setting

What the Social Worker Masters will do:

Excellent psychosocial assessment skills. Displays excellent knowledge and practice of psychosocial assessment skills, including social and emotional factors, counseling for long-range health planning and decision-making, community resource planning and/or short-term therapy, etc.

Comprehensively analyzes patient and family situations that will require advanced advocacy with knowledge of community resources.

Recognizes problems, systematically gathers data, identifies/understands underlying issues, synthesizes complex issues, seeks input from others and makes difficult decisions to formulate appropriate treatment plans.

Excellent ability to support patients and families in crisis. Demonstrates sound judgment, problem solving, patience, flexibility, and openness when interfacing with patients, families, and staff.

Strong interpersonal communication skills. Displays active listening and empathetic communication skills with patients, families, and staff. Engages and collaborates with patients, families, multi-disciplinary staff, and the community in care planning, delivery, and discharge. Builds solid relationships, negotiates effectively, and works well with individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and socioeconomic positions.

Establishes and promotes collaborative relationships with members of the interdisciplinary treatment team. Engages with the team to develop strengths-based plans that optimize patient success in the inpatient and outpatient setting.

Documents assessment, plan, intervention(s), and outcome(s) in the medical record. Documentation is clear, concise, accurate, timely and outcome oriented.

Completes department-specific productivity statistics.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law.

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