Social Worker Intern Llmsw

$10,000 Sign-on Bonus!

Substance Abuse Services

Henry Ford Allegiance Addiction Recovery Center is seeking a compassionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Social Worker-Intern. As a leading substance abuse treatment center, we are committed to helping adults overcome addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. Our personalized approach focuses on empowering individuals in their treatment journey and addressing all aspects of life, including physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Social Worker Intern is responsible for creating outcomes for the patient and family by managing complex psychosocial and economic co-morbidities. Provide education and consultation regarding resources, collaborate to develop a discharge plan and facilitate and monitor its implementation. Assist patient/family adjust to and cope with illness, diagnosis, treatment options and prognosis. Through advanced practice skills mobilizes resources to reduce risk, serves as a liaison between the hospital and the community. In addition offers crisis interventions to patient/family.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited program required.

• Ability to interview, assess, organize and problem solve.

• Ability to identify appropriate community resources on assigned caseload and to work collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary team and community agencies to achieve desired patient outcomes.

• Ability to analyze data.

• Familiar with PC.

• Exposure and/or experience in pre-acute and post-acute care, as well as community resources.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as to develop collaborative relationships with physicians, families, patients, interdisciplinary team and other community agencies.

• Ability to analyze, develop and manage change; to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement principles for service and organization work improvements.

• Ability to work with people of all social, economic, and cultural backgrounds; be flexible, open-minded and adaptable to change.

• Demonstrates the ability to connect patients and families with necessary services, both inside and outside the HFHS.

• Maintains a current working knowledge of services available in the local community, particularly services available to patients with limited or non-existent payment resources.

• Must demonstrate patience and tact when dealing with patients, families and other staff.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• LLMSW required.

• Must obtain full licensure upon 12 months of completing 4,000 supervised hours in a full time status.

• A limited licensed MSW must practice under direct supervision of a LMSW.

• A LLMSW must sit for and pass The State Board after acquiring 4,000 hours of supervised social work experience.

• This previous supervised work experience may be acquired outside of the Henry Ford Health System.

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital

• Department: Substance Abuse Services

• Shift: Day Job

• Union Code: Not Applicable