Dedicated Social Worker with extensive experience in an Acute Care Hospital, excelling in case management and client advocacy. Expert in conducting biopsychosocial assessments, coordinating community resources, and ensuring seamless transitions to post-acute care. Proven ability to identify high-risk patients and implement effective treatment planning, enhancing patient-centered care outcomes.
- Assesses, evaluates, plans and coordinates community services
- Advocates for services to meet the specific patients / family complex needs
- Conducts high risk/biopsychosocial assessments within timeline required by departmental and regulatory guidelines
- Provides patients / family members with Community Resources
- Coordinates the transition to post-acute care services (Hospice, Home Health, Skilled Nursing
Facility, etc.)
- Organizes family meetings and/ team conferences
- Collaborate with the treatment team to provide solutions for complex cases (i.e. Behavioral Health and/or
barriers to discharge)
- Identifies high risk patients based on standardized criteria
- Coordinates appropriate reporting to legal agencies as needed with respect to abuse and neglect
- Identifies and documents quality variances and/or barriers to discharge