Skip to content
Job

Case Management Social Worker- Addiction Recovery

Carle Health

Job description

 

Position Summary:
The Case Management Social Worker-Behavioral Health provides professional services to patients referred by the Behavioral Health department to meet identified psychosocial, emotional, financial and environmental needs. The social worker provides psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, emergent crisis intervention appropriate to setting, financial resource information, environment enhancements, advance directive planning and referrals to community agencies for patients. Using an interdisciplinary team approach, the social worker ensures clear communication and helps to facilitate care transitions. The social worker identifies and implements interventions at the individual and systemic levels and provides expertise to high risk clients across the continuum. Social Services are provided as part of a collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

Qualifications:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Master’s Degree in Social Work or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Illinois upon hire or Licensed Social Worker (LSW) Illinois upon hire.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Two years in case management services

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Ability to problem-solve and develop solutions for patients and their families, strong knowledge of available community resources, and awareness of when and how to access additional resources to meet a patient’s needs. Strong advocacy skills necessary.

Essential Functions:

  • Assist patients with completing applications for assistance programs, including Illinois Medicaid, Carle Financial Assistance Program, and pharmaceutical assistance programs.
  • Arrange Medicaid and Managed Medicaid transportation to appointments for qualifying patients.
  • Finding resources to assist the patient with: transportation, obtaining medications, financial barriers, social security or employee-based disability claims, or other barriers to safe and successful treatment
  • Helps to facilitate care transitions and other specialties when needed.
  • Keeps the director/manager informed of problematic cases, especially those involving legal or risk management issues.
  • Provides assistance and advocacy to patients in obtaining financial resources and government entitlements.
  • Provides social work intervention to patient/families
  • Responds to referrals from healthcare team members to identify available services for case specific needs.
  • Collaborates with behavioral health staff to meet the needs of high risk populations.
  • Documents all patient interactions, significant observations, interventions, and actions taken in the patient’s medical record in an appropriate and timely manner.
  • Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals.
  • Consults and collaborates with other professionals involved in providing services to patients
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Arrange Medicaid and Managed Medicaid transportation to appointments for qualifying patients.
  • Finding resources to assist the patient with: transportation, obtaining medications, financial barriers, social security or employee-based disability claims, or other barriers to safe and successful treatment

 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.

Effective September 20, 2021, the COVID 19 vaccine is required for all new Carle Health team members. Requests for medical or religious exemption will be permitted

 

Cookie Settings