Under general supervision provides therapeutic intervention and advanced social work services to patients and their families to enhance comprehensive, integrated and uninterrupted care across the care continuum and to have continuity of care in the community. Acts as a resource to Clinical Social Worker I incumbents. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations with patients, families, visitors, and co-workers in accordance with UMMS and departmental policies and procedures.

General Summary

Autonomously functions as a member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide case management, therapeutic crisis intervention, biopsychosocial assessment, therapy and counseling, referral, treatment planning, and other clinical social work services within their practice area. Maintains expert knowledge of available community resources to address the diverse needs of patients, groups, and families. Uses their understanding of the social determinants of health and clinical best practices to identify interventions for patients that enhance their functioning within their psychosocial environment.

II. Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements describe the general work performed in this role. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties that may be performed.

• Responsible for oversight of all clinical assessments performed by supervisees. Completes specialized assessment(s) in a focus area/practice setting, as needed. Provides feedback regarding the enhancement of assessment tools within their area.

• Serves as the lead psychosocial expert, on the healthcare team, to ensure care plans are culturally sensitive and address physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of care, including recommendations for treatment of emotional and behavioral health impairments and disorders. Evaluates how Advance Care Planning is incorporated into patient care.

• Provides and models clinically advanced care within the practice setting. Provides expertise practices to the healthcare system in multiple aspects of social work.

• Analyzes department performance effectiveness & provides feedback about specialty care interventions across the healthcare system.

• Completes clinical chart reviews of referrals/services. Shares resources with other coworkers by maintaining a current guide of relevant community resources.

• Evaluates referral sources utilized and provides advanced reflections to staff regarding the impact to clinical care/ patient's needs. Leads networking with external agencies based on programs' social determinants of health.

• Provides counseling to staff regarding their counseling practices and techniques. Demonstrates and models counseling approaches by working with patients with multifaceted needs.

• Provides clinical supervision, under a written contract required by the Board of Social Work Examiners, for licensed social workers seeking required supervision.

• Provides informal & formal consultations within the healthcare system.

• Models providing exemplary patient education. Leads clinical teaching and instruction of social work practices within the healthcare system regarding clinical, psychosocial, emotional, and behavioral health issues.

• Applies a variety of approaches to advocate for team members/ supervisees. Keeps statistics regarding volume of service, caseload size, admissions/discharges for equitable distribution of work, if applicable.

• Engages in professional development & networking through participation with a professional organization.

• Works in conjunction with leadership to develop and implement policies/procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory boards & practice standards.

• Completes all specific job tasks within their assigned department as outlined by supervisor.