Employment Type: Full Time              Hours/Per Week: 40

POSITION SUMMARY: 

1. provide health education and health promotion using evidence-based information for SCD and related issues;
2. develop partnerships with family organizations to ensure that families are empowered as partners in their care;
3. assist families with obtaining SCD educational and social support services;
4. assist with transition services; and
5. engage in activities that help ensure individuals with SCD have access to services, including a medical home, from the time of diagnosis through the lifespan.

CORE DUTIES: 

• Identify persons diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease (at minimum three persons/month) and coordinate access to a medical home within two months
• Provide all social support services as needed (i.e., transportation, counseling, insurance, and housing).
• Educate patients on the latest FDA SCD modifying therapies
• Build partnerships with various entities in designated regions (i.e, hospitals, schools, churches, state agencies, and other sickle cell CBOs – at least six per year)
• Assist emerging adults in the transition from pediatric to adult-focused health care (at least twice a year) and assist individuals diagnosed with SCD to be empowered advocates of their health

• Knowledge of basic medical and sickle cell terminology, communities being served and available resources, and confidentiality standards and HIPAA compliance standards
• Skilled in written, verbal, and interpersonal communication, time management, multi-tasking, managing multiple projects, and excel and shared computer applications
• Able to work within a team and with peers and with minimal supervision and independently
• Able to navigate the computer, create spreadsheets, and shared computer
  applications
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines

Preferred Qualifications: 

Please send a resume and cover letter, preferably by email, to:

Yolanda Aumont – [email protected]

Core Duties:

• Attendance at CWCs weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and education program offerings
• Attend continuing education training necessary to work toward licensure
• Establish and maintain effective working relations with patients/clients
•  Evaluate case problems and provide leadership and consultation in the development and implementation of case plans
• Understand, interpret, and apply regulations and departmental policies and procedures
• Plan, schedule, and conduct individual and group meetings
• Provide clinical case management and therapeutic services
• Interviews patient/patient’s social support system to complete and initiate psychosocial evaluation
• Provides psychoeducational groups to support patients and the patient’s social support system
• Provides ongoing assistance to patients/patients’ social support systems in coping with stress related to hospitalization, disability, and chronic/terminal illness
• Works collaboratively with the patients and their social support system to establish and implement a plan of care with a multidisciplinary team that meets the patient’s identified psychosocial needs
• Conceptualize, develop, and implement a comprehensive system of care program to support patients and the patient’s social support system (a system of care ranging from medical, psychosocial, dental, educational, legal, housing, food, spiritual, and financial stability)
• Engage with community stakeholders and agencies to build capacity and collaboration
• Develop and conceptualize evaluation feedback to determine the effectiveness of services
• Conduct a 3-5 year strategic plan
• Conduct outreach to network with local, state, and national organizations that are providing services for patients and patients’ support systems

Responsibilities, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of ethical standards, principles, and practices of social work, counseling, and human behavior
• Knowledge of clinical assessment techniques
• Knowledge of interviewing and other information gathering techniques
• Knowledge of the principles, methods, and practices of effective supervision
• Knowledge of the theories of group interaction and therapeutic intervention
•  Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team and provides Clinical Medical Social Work services to patients and their families to improve or maintain social, emotional, functional and physical health (Continuously)
• Ability to provide leadership in the development and administration of social work programs
• Ability to demonstrate the concepts of ethical social work practice
• Adhere to the NASW Code of Ethics
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with staff, other disciplines, and community agencies and to interpret programs to the public
• Ability to participate in recruitment, selection, and orientation of professional social work staff
• Ability to write meaningful, concise, and accurate reports and correspondence

Qualifications:

• ASW, LMSW, or LCSW licensure as required in the state of CA
• Education: Requires Master’s Degree from an accredited school of Social Work (MSW) or higher
• Requires a level of knowledge of the Social Work practice at the macro level
• Requires knowledge of community resources and agencies in relation to health, illness, disability, and social determinants of health at the local, state, and national levels
• Demonstrates cultural humility and comfort with a diverse patient population. Cultural humility is essential
• Bicultural/Bilingual competency is a plus
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team
• Computer literacy with the ability to use standard word processing, spreadsheet programs, e-mail (i.e. MS Word, Excel, Outlook), and web browsers
• Ability to multitask in a dynamic work environment
• Demonstrates personable skill sets (reliability, dependability, predictability, and an appropriate sense of humor)
• Excellent organizational, administrative, and training skills
• Demonstrates related work experience with BIPOC communities
• Strong sense of discretion and professionalism
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Familiar with dynamics of chronic illness on patient and family across the life span
• Experience working with patients and families from disenfranchised communities
• Familiar with inequities in the healthcare system and its impact on the delivery of services to patients
• Strong advocacy skills

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Required:

• Requires an active ASW or California license as a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW)
• Insurance panels – you will need to be on insurance panels so we can get reimbursed