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- The social worker provides a variety of professional services for patients and families, helping them cope with illness, disability, end-of-life, or compliance with treatment plan.
- Case Finding Collaborates with the Case Management/Nurse Navigation RNs to identify high-risk patients whose progress of care would benefit from psychosocial counseling.
- Provides psychosocial assessment for situations related to substance abuse or psychiatric illness and coordinates referrals from the emergency department and inpatient units to appropriate treatment services.
- Works with the Case Management team to assign patients to Swing Bed status and performs appropriate Social Work assessments and documentation to meet regulatory criteria.
- Participates in hospital or departmental post-acute follow-up outreach programs.
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