Social Worker

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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Psychiatry has an exciting opportunity for a full time Social Worker to work in Miami, FL.

The Social Worker provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, and/or treatment and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation and meet the continuing needs of patients post hospitalization.

Core responsibilities:

• Interviews clients and their families and coordinates programs and activities to meet their social and emotional needs.
• Provides crisis intervention and assists families in understanding the implications and complexities of the medical situation and its impact on lifestyle.
• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental problems.
• Formulates and implements plans utilizing appropriate social work interventions.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and involves the patients and families in the development and implementation of plans.
• Assists with the screening, identification, and management of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and rape.
• Makes referrals and serves as a resource for the healthcare team and serves as a patient advocate.
• Maintains a working knowledge of relevant medical and legal issues and preserves records and statistics.
• Attends and participates in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions:

• Refers patients and their families to specialized treatment programs in accordance with their needs, and monitors and evaluates their progress through the Behavioral Health Hub programs.
• Refers patients and their families to specialized social services and treatment programs in accordance with their needs, monitors, evaluates, and report on their progress.
• Will support the UM BHH Pediatric site with comprehensive practice transformation services.
• This includes training, technical assistance, telepsychiatry consults (e.g. psychiatrists and psychologists), and care coordination/management to advance quality improvement, patient-centered care, and characteristics of high performing primary care including the integration of Behavioral Health Services.
• The Social Worker will be a key contact for the Florida Department of Health Behavioral Health grant. The incumbent will play an integral part in the program development under the Program Management team and will be responsible for the adherence of the BHH contract deliverables.
• The Social Worker will attend the FL DOH collaborative meetings.
• The Social Worker will meet with potential pediatric providers, and meetings to network with behavioral health organizations.
• The Social Worker is responsible for BHH referrals, triage and assessing social services intakes, liaison for provider-to-provider consultations.
• The Social Worker will recommend training topics for the UM Behavioral Health Hub.
• Monitor referrals via the BHH inbox (bhh@miami.edu), EPIC Ambulatory referrals, and follow up BHH referrals within 48 hours of referrals.
• Social Worker will initiate social services assessments including GOT Transition Assessment Survey and PSC-17 assessment forms.
• Responsible for updating logs and reports required to submit withing the BHH Tasks and State Deliverables based on Annual and Quarterly timelines.
• Medical Records Management: Create and maintain medical records for all clients receiving BHH services through the contract requirement, ensuring compliance with confidentiality and regulatory standards.
• Maintain and submit enrolled providers and Client Satisfaction Assessment feedback forms under the supervisor of the Program Manager to the DOH BHH.
• Ensure a minimum of 60 clients are referred to the BHH each quarter, completing the Client Roster for each referral and submitting it with the Quarterly Progress Report.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work
• Minimum 1 year of experience
• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.