Travel Licensed Social Worker (LSW) - $2,610 per week in Sacramento, CA

Job Title: Social Worker Profession: Social Worker Specialty: Social Work Duration: 15 weeks Shift: 8H Days Hours per Shift: 8 hours Experience: Minimum of 2 years of clinical and/or medical social work experience required License: Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work Certifications: BLS, MSW, 5150 Must-Have: Prior recent experience in a similar setting 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 community.

Job Title: Social Worker Profession: Social Worker Specialty: Social Work Duration: 15 weeks Shift: 8H Days Hours per Shift: 8 hours Experience: Minimum of 2 years of clinical and/or medical social work experience required License: Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work Certifications: BLS, MSW, 5150 Must-Have: Prior recent experience in a similar setting 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 medical, social, and resource issues impacting 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 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/patient representative meetings with the healthcare team as needed. They assist in post-acute placement on complex discharges and engage with 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 require serving on hospital committees and participating in developing and presenting in-services to staff. The Social Worker will need to become 5150 certified at the county level. External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen.