Social Work - Home Health Social Worker - $68K-72K per year at Insight Global summary:

The Social Work Home Health Social Worker provides critical support to elderly patients by conducting psycho-social assessments, collaborating with community resources, and facilitating patient care transitions. This role involves managing a caseload of up to 95 participants, ensuring they receive necessary resources and monitoring their overall well-being through home visits and center-based assessments. The position requires effective communication and coordination with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement patient-centered care plans.

Insight Global is seeking a Social Work Home Health Social Worker for a job in Lakewood, Colorado.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Social Worker
• Discipline: Social Work
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Must Haves: Masters in Social Work (MSW) Minimum of 6 months exp. working with elderly Reliable Transportation, Driver's License, Driver's Insurance Pluses: Experience in Epic Home Health Social Work exp Hours: 2/5 days M-F 8a-4:30p. 3/5 days are half days-either 8a-12p or 12p-4:30p. Schedule: 1 full center day at the Lakewood Center when the Social Worker's provider is there, 1 full community day to do home visits, 3 half days to do community work or catch up on charting and patient phone calls. *The Social Work Supervisor will delegate when the center day will be. It is up to the Social Worker to plan their own schedule to manage their Patient Case Load and prioritize what homes they will visit and when. Team Makeup: Inter-Disciplinary Team Structure; all team members are experts in areas of their field. There will be an RN, a social worker, PT, OT, and a Registered Dietitian. The Social Worker will report to the Social Work Supervisor. When fully staffed, there are 8 Social Workers in this center. Duties & Responsibilities: The Social Worker will have a caseload of 95 participants. The Social Worker is required to see participants every 6 months OR as needed. The Social Worker can have as few as 10 assessments a month or as much as 20 assessments a month. These assessments will be in-person psycho- social assessments, monitoring overall well-being (i.e. do the Home Health Patients have all the resources they need). In order to provide patients with the resources they need, the Social Worker will partner with the client's community resources to provide items such as phones, food, or higher levels of care. The Social Worker will also go into the client's facility partners to see any of their Patient Case Load that may be in facilities for higher levels of care, and facilitating dispatching of patient case load back to their homes. Day-to-Day Center Day: The Social Worker's day starts with a morning meeting where they go over all pertinent patient updates/needs like acute changes, rehab stay, and discharge planning for respite stays. After the morning meeting, Social Workers can do assessments for their patients in the center if their patients are coming in for appointments or paperwork. After every interaction with their patients or representatives (i.e patient's family, or care givers), the Social Worker will chart in epic. If a patient comes in and needs to speak with a social worker, they will be tapped in during their center day. During their center days the Social Worker will also communicate with members of their Inter-Disciplinary Team for any patient needs. Community Day: Going into the homes of their patients and administering care and monitoring wellbeing. Half Days: These days can be spent at home or at the center, catching up on charting or patient phone calls

About Insight Global

Benefits

• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Weekly pay
• Dental benefits
• Continuing Education
• Benefits start day 1
• 401k retirement plan
• License and certification reimbursement
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Referral bonus

Keywords:

Home Health, Social Work, Elderly Care, Psycho-Social Assessment, Community Resources, Patient Care, Interdisciplinary Team, Care Coordination, Social Worker, Healthcare