Position Summary:
The Social Worker for Community Health Initiatives provides professional services to clients and their families eligible for the Healthy Beginnings Services in order to meet identified psychosocial, emotional, financial and environmental needs. This SW will also serve patients/families on board the Mobile Health Clinic performing Social Determinants of Health and providing appropriate referrals/resources. The social worker provides psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, emergent crisis intervention appropriate to setting, financial resource information, environment enhancements, advance directive planning and referrals to community agencies for clients and their caregivers/families in the client's home, mobile health clinic (MHC), or other settings. Using an interdisciplinary team approach, the social worker ensures clear communication and helps to facilitate care transitions. The social worker identifies and implements interventions at the individual and systemic levels and provides expertise to high risk clients across the continuum. The social worker works collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team to support the RN performing at the highest level of their license in addition to maximizing the social worker's specialized training to address complex cases. Social Services are provided as part of a collaboration with interdisciplinary teams in adherence to the NFP model, and to policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards of NFP and of the Carle Health System.
Qualifications:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Master's Degree in Social Work
CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Illinois upon hire or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) Illinois upon hire and Driver's License Illinois upon hire and Proof of Auto Insurance upon hire and Certified*Social Worker (NASW) or other National Certification within 4 years.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
One (1) year of experience - Public/community health, home health, case management, mental/behavioral, pediatric services, family medicine, women's health; other experience will be considered. Psychiatry background, therapy experience, or experience with diverse populations preferred
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Essential Functions:
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Effective September 20, 2021, the COVID 19 vaccine is required for all new Carle Health team members. Requests for medical or religious exemption will be permitted.