LCSW Social Worker

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1926, Dignity Health - Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 70,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III NICU, heart care, wound care and surgical services. Additionally, Glendale Memorial Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center and a SRC Center of Excellence for Robotic Surgery and Colorectal Surgery.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Social Worker, you will be a compassionate advocate, providing vital support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges.

Every day, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling and crisis intervention, and connect clients to resources. You'll advocate for clients and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic support and promote well-being.

To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, strong knowledge of community resources, and proven crisis management abilities, fostering positive change and client empowerment.

• The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients and emergency department patients.
• They are dedicated to patient and family centered care that values personal self-determination, skilled at managing multiple priorities at once, and engaging in creative, compassionate and ethical problem-solving.
• As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social and resource issues that impact individual patients, families and at risk populations.
• Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.
• The functions of the Social Worker includes crisis intervention, patient /family intervention, high risk screening, brief counseling, referring for financial or other identified resource needs, arrange and facilitate family/patient representative meetings with the health care team as needed,
• Assist in post acute placement on complex discharges and engagement of appropriate agencies or community resources when high risk patients are identified.
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients and families.
• The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to Hospital staff.

We are not currently accepting new graduate or new to speciality applications.   The most current information for new graduate (<12 months experience as an RN) and fellowship programs  (>12 months experience as an RN) can be found at  National Nurse Residency Program . 

Your next opportunity starts here!  Join Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center Care Coordination Team: Guiding patients, shaping futures.

Job Requirements

Required

• At least two-years of clinical and/or medical social work experience required in an medical facility.
• Masters Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
• Knowledge of contemporary behavioral and systems theories relevant to health care; end-of-life dynamics and interventions; grief and bereavement counseling; substance abuse identification and interventions; support for victims of abuse neglect or violence; community or financial resources for under-served or vulnerable populations.
• SSDI SDI and other governmental/county requirements/programs.
• Thorough comprehension of OBRA and Title 22 is required.
• Excellent customer service and presentation skills are a must Strong interpersonal and written communication skills are essential Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks or projects effectively Ability to work independently as needed with a high degree of detail orientation.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Required

Preferred

• Prefer one year of clinical and/or medical social work experience in an acute psychiatric facility.