Social Worker I

Franciscan Health Michigan City Campus

3500 Franciscan Way Michigan City, Indiana 46360

The Social Worker I collaborates with individuals, families, and groups to address psychosocial challenges through a process of assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation. As part of a multidisciplinary care team, this position works directly with patients and their caregivers to resolve personal crises and support a therapeutic milieu to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses.
 
WHO WE ARE
Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 11 ministries and access points across Indiana, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.
 
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

• Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm

• Collaborate with a medical case manager and multidisciplinary treatment team to individualize each patient’s treatment needs to achieve defined goals for improved patient outcomes.

• Document patient care information and ensures timely and accurate completion of patient care records in accordance with policies and procedures.

• Mobilize community resources, services, and equipment needed to assist in meeting patient and family post-discharge needs.

• Develop discharge plans, identifying the post-discharge needs of the patient and target appropriate resources for follow-up care, in collaboration with the patient, family and multidisciplinary care team to make the transition as smooth as possible for patients along the continuum of care. Integrates insurance, financial situation and criteria for payment in discharge plans in consideration of patient/caregiver needs.

• Educate patients and their caregivers about extended care facilities, home health agencies and other resources as appropriate, to transition patients along the continuum of care.

• Serve as on-call contact for hospital-related discharge planning, on a rotation basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Services field required 

• Indiana LSW required  

• 2 years of Acute Care Hospital, Mental Health, or related Community Healthcare experience preferred

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.

Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.

Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.

Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.