About this role
Overview
Community Focused. Care Driven.
Join Southcoast Health, where your future is as promising as the care we provide. Our commitment to each other, our patients, and our community is more than a mission - it’s our way of life, and you’ll be at the heart of it.
Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.
Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 7 years in a row!
We are searching for a talented Social Worker-Counselor-Licensed
Remote work is available during certain shifts
$3000 new hire sign-on bonus with LICSW or LMHC license at time of hire. (rehires termed more than 1 year also eligible)
A career at Southcoast Health offers you:
- A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
- Generous Earned Time Off Package**
- Employee Wellbeing Program
- 403B Retirement Plan with company match
- Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
- Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training
**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours.
Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Manager, Clinical Social Work Services; perform diversified duties both within and in support of the social work functions. Under the supervision of an LICSW, provide case management services independently including but not limited to application of clinical diagnostic, assessment or treatment knowledge or skills. Identify and address psychosocial factors that may impede the patients' ability to optimize benefit from the health care delivery experience. Intervene as necessary preventing over and under utilization of health care resources. Actively participate in discharge planning to assure timely individual patient discharges within the scope of position responsibilities.Qualifications
- A Masters Degree in Social Work from an accredited college or university or the equivalent knowledge or experience is required.
- Current Massachusetts Social Work license at a minimum of a LCSW is required.
- Over three (3) years of related work experience including one (1) year experience in a medically oriented setting is required.
- Computer skills are essential.
- A minimum of LCSW license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is required.
- Certification in Case Management is preferred.
Must be fully vaccinated against seasonal Influenza and the COVID 19 virus or to be exempt from the requirement for medical or personal reasons by signing a statement certifying you are choosing to be exempt from vaccination once hired.
Compensation: Pay rate will be determined based on level of experience.
Pay Range
USD $70,013.00 - USD $96,762.00 /Yr.Rotation Schedule Requirement
every 5th w/eOther facts
About Southcoast Health System, Inc.
Southcoast Health is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
It includes the three hospitals that make up Southcoast Hospitals Group — Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham; and Southcoast Behavioral Health in Dartmouth, a joint venture with Acadia Healthcare, an international leader in psychiatric and addiction care.
Southcoast provides advanced clinical services, such as open heart surgery, angioplasty and heart rhythm services, comprehensive cancer care, neurosurgery, weight loss surgery, orthopedic surgery, advanced imaging services and is the only provider of maternity services in the region.
Southcoast is a not-for-profit charitable organization that depends on the support of the community to provide services. More information is available online at www.southcoast.org. Connect to Southcoast through social media at www.southcoast.org/connect/.
What you'll do
- The Social Worker will perform diversified duties in support of social work functions, providing case management services under the supervision of an LICSW. Responsibilities include identifying psychosocial factors affecting patient care and participating in discharge planning.
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