Role and Responsibilities

Provide social services to patients in the home, and clinical direction to fellow Social Workers and other clinical staff.

Essential Functions

• Carry a caseload and perform job duties as described for an MSW.
• Assist fellow MSWs by providing guidance on patient issues, as well as community and financial resources.
• Ensure appropriate cross-referrals are being made, within each designated region.
• Assist in staff orientation as needed.
• May conduct field supervision of Social Work Assistants.
• May review and co-sign orders obtained by Social Work Assistants.
• May assist in arranging guest speakers and in-services for Social Work Dept.
• Assist with in-house presentations as needed.
• Develop and maintain strong community outreach efforts on behalf of HCR Home Care.
• Other duties as assigned.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Education Requirements

• Master’s degree from a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW)/Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in NYS.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in medical social services setting.

Work Environment

The Medical Social Worker is primarily in an office setting and may be exposed to outdoor conditions.

The working conditions are classified as light work:

• Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light work involves sitting most of the time.

Physical Requirements

The following is a description of the physical requirements on a daily basis for the Medical Social Worker. While performing the duties of the job the employee is regularly expected to:

• Stand
• Sit
• Hear
• Walk
• Talk
• Stoop or kneel
• Repetitive motion

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

EOE/AA Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran