Clinical Social Worker III

Join the transformative team atCity of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

The clinical social worker in this position will primarily be in the role of a couple’s counselor. The couple's counselor will have expertise, or commit to being trained, in strengths and evidenced-based interventions, that promotes couples working together to maximize the benefits of cancer and associated medical care.The couple’s counselor will be committed to working as an integral part of an integrated interdisciplinary team, and is expected to role-model compassionate, courageous and open communication at all times.

The Clinical Social Worker III holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW), maintains active registration as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and provides medical social work services. The CSW III is responsible for employing a model of patient care that focuses on providing patients/caregivers with supportive counseling, psychosocial assessments, therapeutic interventions, education, and community resource support information. The CSW III provides mentorship to MSWs in collaboration with social work management.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Delivers quality of care consistent with professional and City of Hope standards.
• Uses effective decision-making, evaluation and problem-solving skills in managing patient care, hospital, and administrative needs.
• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent documentation skills of all activities/decisions related to patient care in compliance with State, National and Joint Commission standards/regulations.
• Provides skilled psychosocial support and crisis management for patients throughout the continuum of care: diagnosis, living with cancer, recurrence, end-of-life, and survivorship.
• Acts as an ambassador to the profession by effectively articulating the role and expertise of a CSW and by actively participating in community and professional organizations.
• Demonstrates a willingness to participate in marketing and development efforts.
• Meets and maintains all professional and regulatory standards; exemplifies and promotes the core values of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine.
• Participates in performance improvement activities to promote continuous improvement in care delivery.
• Effectively leads groups, committees, interdisciplinary team meetings and patient care conferences within the Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope, and in the community.
• Provides mentorship and clinical supervision to MSWs in collaboration with social work management.
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills and professionalism, serving as a role model within the Department, City of Hope and as a representative of City of Hope in the larger community; effectively works with community agencies and professional organizations.
• Has earned the respect and esteem of the team, Department, organization and profession; fosters positive departmental and institutional morale.
• Demonstrates compassion, warmth, insight, basic skill in assessments and intervention, and maintains objectivity and professional boundaries.

Your qualifications should include:

Minimum Education:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an approved Accredited School of Social Work

Minimum Experience:

• Five years medical social work experience
• Two or more years post licensure experience

Req. Certification/Licensure:

• Out of state Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Active registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences
• CSW III must pass the LCSW exam and become a LCSW in the state of California within one year or be demoted to CSW II
• For pediatric service, CCS Panel provider or complete application within 60 days of hire

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