Social Worker II - Crisis Stabilization Unit - 100%
The University of Iowa Healthcare, department of Care Coordination Division, is seeking a Social Worker II to provide urgent and emergent mental health assessments, crisis counseling and consultation of patients presenting with a range of behavioral health complaints and concerns in the Crisis Stabilization Unit.
Position Responsibilities:
- Develops and implements plan of care, responsive to patient/family concerns, health care status, available resources, age-specific problems, and clinical impressions.
- Obtain psycho-social histories from patient or clients and their relatives, share and interpret information with appropriate staff, and include written histories or summaries for Clinical Records.
- Confer with clinical staff to assess the medical, psychological and social condition and needs of patients and clients.
- Provide information to other clinical staff regarding patient, client and family members psychosocial functioning and needs.
- Assist in the medical or clinical treatment of the patients and clients.
- Provide information regarding other patient and client services.
- Arrange for discharge planning for hospital patients including the post hospital care.
- Provide direct service to patients and clients and their relatives through the evaluation of social and psychological data and select appropriate social work methods for treatment.
- Provide indirect service to patients and clients through participation in program development, teaching and research.
- File mental health and substance abuse commitments when appropriate
- Assess for mandatory reporting concerns when needed
- Consult with community social agencies regarding medical-social or other social functioning problems of patients and clients and their family members.
- Assist in conducting social group/family sessions for patients and clients or their family members.
- Responsible for administrative tasks and functions.
- Assist in instruction and supervision of undergraduate students in Social Work, medical and allied specialties. Write case reports covering social services for inclusion in the patient's or client's clinical records.
- Compile statistical records of social service activity.
- Attend and participate in training, meetings, conferences and workshops.
- Maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students and the public.
- Identification of unique needs, strengths and assets in patient assessments.
- Create individualized treatment plans: goals that reflect patient/family participation, strategies to support/build on patient strengths, assets and goals, strategies that will help patient and all staff minimize the use of coercive interventions.
- Involves family/support system in care to the extent possible by: encouraging visitation, allowing participation in assessment, treatment planning, education and discharge planning, communicating
and understanding of the impact of mental illness on families, therapeutic approaches to explore and possibly reduce patient reluctance to involve family/support system. - Characterizes interactions with others in all work settings by: respectful, person-centered language, recovery-enhancing relationships with patients, conversations that communicate an understanding of the impact of stigma, discrimination and social isolation, and attempts to reduce it.
University of Iowa Healthcare—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®
Percent of Time: 100%
Schedule: 40 hours per week. Primary schedule will be Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm.
Pay Grade: https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/seiu-pay-plan
Benefits Highlights:
- Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
- Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with a major concentration in Social Work or related Human Services field
- 6 months-1 year of clinical social work experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Master’s degree with a major concentration in social work
- A license to practice social work in Iowa
- Social work experience in a health care setting with the appropriate patient population and their families.
- Experience with identifying and navigating financial resources, including insurance coverage options, changes related to the federal and state health programs, and the disability process.
- Experience working with community resources, home healthcare, nursing facilities and other options available for patients in outpatient settings
- Experience in a fast paced, high volume work environment
- Care coordination experience or case management skills in a health care setting as part of an interdisciplinary team including experience utilizing an electronic medical record to assist with management of non-adherence, post-care follow-up and referrals to appropriate resources
Application Process: In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload the following documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:
• Resume
• Cover Letter
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
For additional questions, please contact seton-vinsand@uiowa.edu
Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or fsds@uiowa.edu. For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.
