SOCIAL WORKER - INPATIENT PSYCHIATRY (100% FTE, DAYS)

Req #: 237821

Department: HARBORVIEW - SOCIAL WORK

Posting Date: 09/17/2024

Closing Info:
Open Until Filled

Salary: $7,162 - $11,207 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes:
As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-summary-classified-staff-greater-than-half-time-20230701\_a11y.pdf)

**This recruitment offers a $5,000 Recruitment Incentive to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine** \#UWMRecruitmentIncentive **Harborview Medical Center - Social Work** has an outstanding opportunity for a **Social Worker within the Inpatient Psychiatry Department.** **WORK SCHEDULE**
- 40 hours per week
- Day Shift

**PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:**
- Provide social work services to patients and their families, including psychosocial assessment, domestic violence screening, child abuse and elder abuse interventions, and discharge planning for inpatients admitted to the assigned medical or surgical service.
- Work with patients and support systems to plan for discharge needs, including skilled nursing facility placement and other treatment programs, insurer and financial advocacy, patients/support system education, crisis intervention.
- Maintain effective working relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team and provide leadership in areas of discharge resources and psychosocial and family systems interventions.
- Facilitate family, support system and network conferences as indicated.
- Responsibilities also include documentation and verbal communication of social work activities provided to patients and their families or support system, having knowledge of legal intervention options and processes, and of community resources that are relevant to the service population.

**REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:**
A Master of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
AND
One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent is preferred. Experience can include a practicum placement as part of a social work training program and/or employment experience.

**LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:**
Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington:
- Agency Affiliated Counselor, or
- Licensed Social Work Associate -Advanced, or
- Licensed Social Work Associate - Independent Clinical, or
- Licensed Advance Social Worker, or
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

**ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER**
As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

**Challenge. Collaboration. Compassion. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/harborview-medical-center)** Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

**ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER**
UW Medicine is Washington's only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.