Social Work - Social Worker - $41-59 per hour at Kaiser Permanente
Clackamas, OR 97015
About the Job
Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Social Work Social Worker for a job in Clackamas, Oregon.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Social Worker
- Discipline: Social Work
- Duration: Ongoing
- 32 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Staff
Job Summary:
The Social Worker provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments to members. Social work services are designed to support and maximize the members ability to better direct their own health care experience through the use of assessment and intervention, educational programs, and linkage to health plan and community resources. The Social Worker encourages respect for individuality, independence and patient choice and collaborates on policies and systems that respect the cultural, religions, and ethnic differences among patients and families. Social work contributes to the medical teams understanding of patient beliefs, behaviors, and barriers regarding the members illness.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Uses age appropriate assessment and intervention skills. Able to use a range of interventions, depending upon the needs of the patient/family.
- Assists members in developing cost effective, appropriate health care plans through optimizing the members personal resources as well as community and Kaiser Permanente resources and programs.
- Promotes multi-disciplinary care that is patient-centered and considers all aspects of members personal, psychological, economic, and cultural needs.
- Maintains thorough knowledge of Kaiser Permanente services/benefits, public/private community resources, as well as federal/state laws which effect health care planning.
- Completes required documentation of services and Social Work plan of care per department policy.
- Participates in program development, orientation, and educational activities which further members capacity to better direct their own health care experience.
Experience
- Minimum one (1) year of Social Work experience in a hospital, medical outpatient clinic, home health/hospice, or long-term care setting -OR- successful completion of the Kaiser Permanente NW Social Worker Internship program.
- Minimum three (3) years of additional experience in a related environment.
Education
- Masters degree in social work from an accredited university.
License, Certification, Registration
- This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required before hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire. required at hire
- Masters Social Worker License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Clinical Social Work Associate Certificate (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Oregon) within 6 months of hire
- Licensed Social Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Certified Social Worker Associate License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Advanced Social Worker License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington) within 6 months of hire
- Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire from American Heart Association
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
Additional Requirements:
- Ability to work effectively on a multi-disciplinary team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum three (3) years of professional Social Work experience in a hospital, medical outpatient clinic, home health/hospice, or long-term care setting.
- LCSW
- Working knowledge of KPNW services and benefits
- Expertise with short term counseling interventions.
- Demonstrated ability to provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
- Advanced knowledge of local and national resources related to health care.
Notes:
- Sun-Sat variable including holidays and weekends
Kaiser Permanente Job ID #1284694. Posted job title: Medical Social Worker (32Hrs, Days)
About Kaiser Permanente
At the heart of health care, you'll find Kaiser Permanente. As the nations leading not-for-profit, integrated health plan, we make a difference in the lives of members, patients, and communities across the country.
With 39 hospitals and more than 734 locations in eight states and the District of Columbia, we proudly serve more than 12.7 million members from coast to coast. Whether you choose to join a hospital in the Northwest, a clinic in Southern California, or a medical office in the Mid-Atlantic, we have many opportunities for you to shape the future of care.
Our teams are empowered to advance impactful and extraordinary care for all by pioneering health outcomes, encouraging diverse viewpoints, and creating new opportunities for learning and advancement. This covers more than our members and our employees; it also reaches far into our communities. Together, we're proudly working as one for a healthier today and tomorrow.
