About this opportunity
Mississippi Baptist Health Systems lists this Social Worker LSW opportunity in jackson, Mississippi. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Social Worker-Licensed LSW
Job Code: 21816
Job Family: SOC WORK
Job Description Title: Social Worker LSW
Job Summary: Provides a wide array of social work services to new mothers and children, including ACE screening. Provides educational counseling to parents regarding adverse childhood experiences and the brain development of young children. Provides education and training for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals regarding adverse childhood experiences for all Pediatric patients within BMG clinics.
Job Responsibilities:
Utilize social work skills by conducting pediatric psychosocial assessments.
Provides supportive and educational counseling through visits and tele-medicine.
Consult with physicians on patients' psychosocial assessment.
Analyzes learning needs
Plans educational activities
Collaborates with the physician and all members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate care and assist in meeting goals.
Maintains current knowledge of and accessibility to community resources, community programs, and financial agencies to meet patient and family needs.
Completes assigned goals.
Complies with policies that support patients' fundamental rights to considerate care, protect their personal dignity and respect their cultural, psychosocial and spiritual values in an effort to meet patients' care needs and preferences.
Specifications:
Experience:
Minimum Required: 3 years' experience in working in a hospital as a social worker or 5 years' experience as a clinical social worker
Education:
Minimum Required: Bachelors in Social Work
Preferred/Desired: Masters in Social Work
Training:
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Special Skills:
Minimum Required
Preferred/Desired
Licensure:
Minimum Required: LSW
Preferred/Desired:
Reporting Relationships: No
Work Environment:
Functional Demands Rating: Medium
Activity Level Throughout Workday:
Physical Activity Requirements – Sitting: Frequent
Physical Activity Requirements – Standing: Frequent
Physical Activity Requirements – Walking: Frequent
Physical Activity Requirements - Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders): Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Carry objects: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Push/Pull: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements – Twisting: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements – Bending: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Reaching Forward: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Reaching Overhead: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Squat/Kneel/Crawl: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Wrist position deviation: Frequent
Physical Activity Requirements - Pinching/fine motor activities: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Keyboard use/repetitive motion: Frequent
Physical Activity Requirements - Taste or smell: Occasional
Physical Activity Requirements - Talk or hear: Occasional
Sensory Requirements:
Color Discrimination: Yes
Near Vision: Accurate
Far Vision: Accurate
Depth Perception: Moderate
Hearing: Moderate
Environmental Requirements - Blood-Borne Pathogens: Anticipated
Environmental Requirements – Chemical: Anticipated
Environmental Requirements - Airborne Communicable Diseases: Anticipated
Environmental Requirements - Extreme Temperatures: Not Anticipated
Environmental Requirements – Radiation: Anticipated
Environmental Requirements - Uneven Surfaces or Elevations: Not Anticipated
Environmental Requirements - Extreme Noise Levels: Not Anticipated
Environmental Requirements - Dust/Particular Matter: Not Anticipated
Environmental Requirements - Other
Worksite address
jackson, MS, 39200, US
Who can apply
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