Social Worker-Intern - 40 Hours - Days

Henry Ford Health System
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Apr 15, 2025
GENRAL SUMMARY: The Social Worker Intern is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by: Managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family. EDUCATION REQUIRED: Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited program required. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve. Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes. Ability to analyze data. Familiar with PC. Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies. Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements. Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change. Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS. Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources. Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff. CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED: LLMSW required. Must obtain full licensure upon 12 months of completing 4,000 supervised hours in a full time status. A limited licensed MSW must practice under direct supervision of a LMSW. A LLMSW must sit for and pass The State Board after acquiring 4,000 hours of supervised social work experience. This previous supervised work experience may be acquired outside of the Henry Ford Health System. Additional Information Organization: Henry Ford Medical Group Department: HFCI-Supportive Oncology Svcs Shift: Day Job Union Code: Not Applicable