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Job TitleClinical Social Worker

                        

LocationAkron

                    

FacilityAkron General Medical Center

                     

DepartmentWomen's Health Services-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

                      

Job CodeAK0147

                     

ShiftDays

                       

Schedule8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Clinical Social Worker   

 

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Akron General, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.  

 

The Clinical Social Worker provides psychosocial assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and community resource assistance on a consultation basis to patients and families utilizing a variety of treatment modalities, including individual, family, group, and specialized counseling. In this role, your professional development, personal growth, and education will be enhanced through free ongoing continuing education and professional leadership opportunities within the department. 

 

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am—4:30pm. 

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

Conduct psychosocial assessment interviews with patients and families to identify problems requiring social work interventions and treatment plans for appropriate services. 

Provide counseling to impact problems related to environmental needs, family or interpersonal conflict, grief issues, financial concerns, and coping with physical and/or mental illness using a variety of treatment modalities, including individual, family, group, or specialized counseling. 

Assist patients and their families in adjusting to episodes of acute and chronic illness; coping with lifestyle changes precipitated by illness or injury and addressing issues of terminality. 

Provide consultation to health care professionals when coordination with significant or intensive community resources is necessary to achieve desired treatment outcomes; receives referrals for complex problem resolution from physicians and/or care team. 

Identify community resources and provide information and referrals to same. 

Update and maintain professional knowledge, resource information, skills and competencies related to areas of practice and assigned caseload duties by participation in department staff development and other professional education programs and by development of annual professional goals and activities to meet these goals. 

Document social work assessments, interventions, and psychosocial treatment plans according to department and medical center guidelines 

 Comply statistical reports, prepare specialty documents and correspondence as required. 

Participate in health system and departmental Performance Improvement Initiatives to effect positive patient and family outcomes. 

Complete mandatory education and training to maintain organization and department specific competencies and requirements. 

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

Master's degree in social work with a casework concentration from a CSWE accredited program. 

Ohio license appropriate to assigned caseload and practice area. 

Maintain competencies specific to patient population served. 

Work collaboratively with patient's family's multidisciplinary team and community agencies. 

Strong interpersonal skills. 

1 to 2 years of direct practice experience. 

 

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Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All offers of employment are follwed by testing for controlled substances and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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