Travel Licensed Social Worker (LSW) - $2,268 per week in Sacramento, CA

Job Title: Social Worker Profession: Social Worker Specialty: Social Work Duration: 8 weeks Shift: 12H Day, Evening 12s Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years of clinical and/or medical social work experience License: Required Certifications: BLS, MSW, 5150 Must-Have: Prior recent social work experience Description: The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients. Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered care for both individual patients and the medical community.

Job Title: Social Worker Profession: Social Worker Specialty: Social Work Duration: 8 weeks Shift: 12H Day, Evening 12s Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: Minimum 2 years of clinical and/or medical social work experience License: Required Certifications: BLS, MSW, 5150 Must-Have: Prior recent social work experience Description: The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency department patients. They are dedicated to patient and family-centered care that values personal self-determination. They are skilled at managing multiple priorities at once and engaging in creative, compassionate, and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team, they perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical, social, and resource issues that impact individual patients, families, and at-risk populations. Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered care for both individual patients and the medical community. The functions of the Social Worker include crisis intervention, patient and family intervention, high-risk screening, brief counseling, and referring for financial or other identified resource needs. They arrange and facilitate family and patient representative meetings with the healthcare team as needed. They assist in post-acute placement on complex discharges and engage appropriate agencies or community resources when high-risk patients are identified. The Social Worker establishes and maintains professional relationships with physicians, case managers, nursing staff, county agencies, community resources, patients, and families. The position will be required to serve on hospital committees and take part in developing and presenting in-services to staff. Additional certification at the county level will be required. External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check and drug screen. Charting system will be Cerner. The role requires the ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.