Social Work Manager plans and implements programs to meet the social and emotional needs of patients and patients' families in a health care setting. Develops plans for patient care after release from treatment. Being a Social Work Manager provides social services to patients/clients and their families. Collaborates with physicians, nurses, patients and their families to assess patient social needs and monitor progress of medical treatment. Additionally, Social Work Manager coordinates planning for post-discharge care. Supervises professional staff. Prepares departmental budgets and reports. Requires a master's degree of Social Work. Typically reports to a director. The Social Work Manager manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. Extensive knowledge of department processes. To be a Social Work Manager typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1 to 3 years supervisory experience may be required. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
(1) Duties of Social Workers
(a) Provide psychiatric Social Work services, to patients and their families, as a member of an Interdisciplinary Treatment
Team.
(b) Services include, but are not limited to conducting of Psychosocial Assessments, treatment planning, group and
individual intervention including case coordination and documentation. Case coordination in support of a patient &
community
integration will include linking patients to community resources, establishing insurance and other benefits, and liaising with
various legal and mental health systems.
(c) Throughout the provision of Social Work services, the Social Worker adheres to social work values and ethics as
outlined by the Oregon State Board of Clinical Social Workers.
(d) Conduct Psychosocial Assessment: Psychosocial history gathering and assessment of information from patients,
families, community mental health programs, other collateral informants.
(e) Participation with the treatment team in establishing Treatment and Care Plans, implementation of those treatment
plans.
(f) Effective liaison with community mental health agencies, Senior and People with Disabilities Division, Veteran's
Administration, potential providers, public and private hospitals, legal entities, substance abuse treatment programs and
other social service agencies.
(g) Conducts individual and group treatment as well as family counseling and education.
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