Social Worker - The University of Rochester : Job Details

The social worker is responsible for providing clinical services to patients admitted to their assigned units and their families. The social worker serves as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team on their assigned unit and serves as a liaison to health and social service agencies in the community. - - ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - - In collaboration with the members of the health care teams, coordinates discharge planning for patients who are determined to be at psychosocial risk, assistance navigating the health care system and psychosocial support for patients admitted to their unit(s). Serves as a resource consultant to patients and their families and facilitates referrals to appropriate community agencies and hospital resources; may make home visits, where appropriate, to provide essential psychosocial assessments and social work interventions. Provides social work interventions to patients and their families including risk screening on all patients admitted to his/her unit th...Worker, Social Worker, Health, Retail, Patient, Support