Medical Social Worker (MSW)
Summary
The Medical Social Worker is a qualified professional who provides social case work. This individual is responsible for preparing social histories for patients and family receiving services from the agency and for those who need support in social functioning as it relates to their health and well-being.
Your Role at Axis For Autism:
- Provides a range of social work interventions that include, case management, counseling, crisis intervention, and advocacy in assisting patients and families reach their goals. Identifies and recognizes rapidly changing situations and quickly intervenes to prevent or resolve the emotional crisis
- Assesses the psychosocial status of patients related to the patients’ condition and environment and communicates findings.
- Arranges, mobilizes, utilizes, and may coordinate a comprehensive range of community resources which most effectively meet the identified
patient and family needs
- Facilitation of interdisciplinary communication as it relates to patients and families experiencing complex psychosocial issues
- Formally and informally educates patient/family and health care team members regarding the social work role, pertinent patient care issues, and population specific information.
- Serves as a preceptor or field instructor for social work graduate and undergraduate training as appropriate to their skills related to a range of psychosocial issues and interventions.
- Serves as patient advocate and liaison with physicians, families and community to ensure continuity of care.
- Documents psychosocial assessment, progress notes, care plans and discharge/transition plan in the electronic medical record.
- Identifies and participates in Quality Improvement, research and program evaluation initiatives that focus on improving health care services
- Carries out social evaluations and plans intervention based on evaluation findings.
- Maintains clinical records on all patients referred to social work.
- Prepares clinical and progress notes.
- Provides information and referral services for organization patients and families/caregivers regarding practical and environment needs.
- Provides information to patient or families/ caregivers and community agencies.
- Serves as liaison between patients or families/caregivers and community agencies
- Maintains collaborative relationships with organization personnel to support patients care.
- Maintains and develops contracts with public and private agencies as resources for patients and organization personnel.
- Participates in the development of the total plan of care and case conference a required.
- Assists physician and other team members in understanding significant social and emotional factors related health problems.
- Complies with the legal and regulatory law including mandated reporting requirements
- Participates in discharge planning.
- Other duties as delegated by the clinical Director / Supervisor
Who You Are:
- A master’s degree in social work is required
- Bilingual – Spanish is required
- Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills
- Ability to analyze, intervene and evaluate a range of psychosocial theory and methods in practice with clients; and demonstrated knowledge of community and economic resources.
- Ability to serve culturally and linguistically diverse families in low and high social economic status areas.
- This individual may be reside in the Phoenix area or the Tucson area
Robust Benefits Package:
- A work environment with dedicated clinical professionals who share the passion for helping the individuals we serve.
- Opportunities to grow and learn professionally/personally within the ABA field.
- Ongoing training, CEUs and professional development
- Working environment that is collaborative with multidisciplinary team
- Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance)
- Paid time off, paid sick time, and 8 holidays observed
Who We Are: Founded in 2020, Axis for Autism has become a leading provider of Autism evaluation and psycho-diagnostic services in Arizona. We have built Arizona’s largest diagnostic system providing children, adolescents and adults with the highest-quality Autism evaluations within 45-60 days.
Axis for Autism is excited to announce that we are expanding and adding ABA therapy to our service lines to support families in Arizona with timely access to quality care and best clinical outcomes.
We are committed to providing families the care they need and a lifelong partner to lean on for those touched by autism and other conditions interfering with daily living.
Axis for Autism is dedicated to finding success for every individual in our care through the provision of collaborative, team-centric and custom-tailored services delivered by passionate, high-integrity, industry-leading clinicians.
Join us at Axis for Autism – a company that values integrity, clinical outcomes, work-life balance, and career growth. Join our rapidly growing clinical team that strives to keep abreast with new research, and offers evidence-based services designed to clinically make an impact on the individuals we serve.