Highlights
Working as part of an interdisciplinary team, this role advocates for patients, coordinates care, and helps address behavioral, emotional, social, and environmental factors impacting health and recovery. The Social Worker II provides psychosocial assessments, counseling, case management, patient education, and discharge planning services for patients and families.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Saint Louis, MO |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1986 |
| Website | https://www.mercy.net/ |
Description
Find your calling at Mercy!
Provides social work services for patients and families to enhance their psychosocial functioning. Performs duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission, values, and Mercy Service Standards.
Position Details:
Social Worker II - Mercy STL - Full Time - Days
Position Summary
The Social Worker II provides psychosocial assessments, counseling, case management, patient education, and discharge planning services for patients and families. Working as part of an interdisciplinary team, this role advocates for patients, coordinates care, and helps address behavioral, emotional, social, and environmental factors impacting health and recovery.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop individualized care and discharge plans.
- Provide counseling, crisis intervention, patient education, and case management services.
- Coordinate care with physicians, nursing staff, community agencies, and other healthcare providers.
- Assist patients and families in accessing community resources and follow-up services.
- Advocate for patients with mental health and substance use concerns.
- Identify and respond appropriately to abuse, neglect, and safety concerns, including required reporting.
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation and participate in interdisciplinary treatment planning.
- Support quality improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with regulatory, safety, and confidentiality standards.
Qualifications
Education
- Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
Licensure
- Current LMSW or LCSW license in the state of employment required.
Experience
- 0-2 years of social work experience required.
- Acute care hospital or behavioral health experience preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong assessment, counseling, and crisis intervention skills.
- Excellent communication, critical thinking, and time management abilities.
- Knowledge of behavioral health, medical social work, and community resources.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work collaboratively with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
- Valid driver's license required.
Why Mercy?
From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.
Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.
About Company
Our Mercy health system was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. But our heritage goes back more than 185 years. It began with an Irish woman named Catherine McAuley, who wanted to help the poor women and children of Dublin. Though Catherine had a modest upbringing, she received an unexpected inheritance that allowed her to fulfill her dreams. In 1827, she opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, intending to teach skills to poor women and educate children. Many volunteers came to help. A few years later, Catherine founded the Sisters of Mercy, the first religious order not bound to the rules of the cloister, whose Sisters were free to walk among the poor and visit them in their homes. By the time Catherine died in 1841, there were convents in Ireland and England, and in 1843, the Sisters of Mercy came to the United States. In 1871, they traveled to St. Louis and from there throughout the Midwest, beginning what would, today be known as Mercy.
Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems in 2018, 2017 and 2016 by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy includes more than 40 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, 800 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 44,000 co-workers and 2,100 Mercy Clinic physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, supply chain organization, ROi, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients in more than 20 states coast to coast.
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