Bilingual Care Coordinator, Social Worker, MSW, Days (LCSW, Counselor)
Location: ! Wilmington Delaware
Description: Nemours is currently seeking to employ Bilingual Care Coordinator, Social Worker, MSW, Days (LCSW, Counselor) right now, this position will be placed in Delaware. More details about this position opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Nemours is seeking a Bilingual Care Coordinator/Social Worker to join our team in Delaware.
As one of the nation’s premier pediatric health care systems, Nemours provides world-class clinical care in four states: Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Located in Wilmington, Delaware, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children offers intensive and acute inpatient and outpatient services covering more than 30 pediatric special! ties. Ranked among the nation’s best in pediatric specialty ! care by U.S. News & World Report , this world-renowned teaching hospital has served children from 42 states and 14 nations. Extending the world-class care of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital, Nemours duPont Pediatrics provides expert care for even more children across the Delaware Valley through community-based physician services and collaborative partnerships with health and hospital systems.
To keep pace with the changing health care environment and build a healthier future for our children, Nemours has embarked on a multi-phase expansion to create a children’s hospital like no other in the region. Upon completion in October 2014, the hospital will include private patient rooms, a new Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and a new expanded Emergency Department.
The care coordinator works within the context of a primary care medical home, from a team approach, and in continuous partnership with families and physicians to promote timely access to needed ca! re, comprehension and continuity of care, and the enhancement of child and family well-being.
Assist with or promote the identification of patients in the practice with special health care needs; add them to the registry and use the registry to plan and monitor care.
Initiate family contacts; create ongoing processes for families to determine and request the level of care-coordination support they desire for their child/youth or family member at any given point in time.
Identify patient and family needs and unmet needs, strengths and assets. Assess psychosocial needs of at-risk patients, i.e., single parents, substance abuse, complex medical patients, etc.
Build care relationships among family and team; support the primary caregiving role of the family.
As a member of the care team, monitor patient care plans with family/youth/team (emergency plan, medical summary and action plan as appropriate); carry out care plans, evaluate ef! fectiveness, monitor in a timely way and effect changes as needed; use ! age-appropriate transition timetables for interventions within care plans.
Case management coordination of services such as transportation, referrals and post-hospitalization discharge. Makes follow-up communication to patients/families on matters such as confirmation of delivery of equipment, emergency room visits, hospitalization, no show appointments, etc.
Serve as contact point, advocate and informational resource for family and community partners/payors. Referrals to child protective services and appropriate agencies for domestic violence. Complete forms such as DFS, FMLA, SSI, etc., and write letters for housing, nursing care, medical necessity, etc.. Research, find and link resources, services and supports with/for the patient/family. Arrange for supplies and equipment. Assist with getting insurance coverage for patients without insurance.
Coordinate inter-organizationally among family, the medical home and involved agencies. Connect to and! understand community resources, i.e., WIC, food stamps, DME providers, advocacy groups, schools, financial assistance, counseling, anger management classes, special needs camps or inner-city camps. Refer patients to early intervention and public health nurses and help office staff and parents navigate through the school system and help with IEPs.
Responsible for generating required data.
Additional Responsibilities
Facilitate family access to medical home providers, staff and resources. Actively participate on office teams.
Help educate patients on using medical services appropriately; improve patient/family healthcare literacy, especially for at-risk patients.
Work with chronic no show patients to identify issues related to not keeping appointments.
Educate, counsel and support. Provide developmentally appropriate anticipatory guidance; in a crisis, intervene or facilitate referrals appropriately. Counsel support with ! brief interventions/help run support groups.
Serve as a medica! l home quality improvement team member; help to measure quality and to identify, test, refine and suggest practice improvements; download report, build spreadsheets and analyze data.
Cultivate and support primary care and subspecialty co-management with timely communication, inquiry, follow-up and integration of information into the care plan.
Coordinate efforts to gain family/youth feedback regarding their experiences with health care (focus groups, surveys, other means); participate in interventions that address family/youth articulated needs.
Requirements
Candidate must be bilingual, English/Spanish.
A Master's degree in Social Work is required, as well as 3 years of related experience, or the equivalent, in community-based pediatrics, home health care or primary care, particularly in the care and service of vulnerable populations such as children/youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).
Leadership, advocacy, co! mmunication, education, counseling and resource research skills.
Core philosophy or values consistent with a family-centered approach to care.
Culturally effective capabilities demonstrating a sensitivity and responsiveness to varying cultural characteristics and beliefs.
Experience with continuous quality improvement intiatives.
Knowledagble regarding data collection and interpertation and use of spreadsheets.
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This position starts available on: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:01:23 GMT
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