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SOCIAL WORKER
Home Health Care
Putnam or Dutchess Counties
Fee For Service
Home Health Care
Putnam or Dutchess Counties
Fee For Service
VNS Westchester is a place that current employees consider their home away from home.
At Visiting Nurse Service Westchester, that is our mission, to maintain our standing as a DESTINATION EMPLOYER.
“WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE! “
The Home Health Social Worker provides direct casework service within the home and/or in conjunction with another agency. The scope of Medical Social Work Services includes psychosocial assessment, development and community referral.
Responsibilities:Â Â Â
Qualifications:
FEE For Service Rates:
 Evaluation     $90 per visit
 Follow up Visit: $75 per visit
At Visiting Nurse Service Westchester, that is our mission, to maintain our standing as a DESTINATION EMPLOYER.
“WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE! “
The Home Health Social Worker provides direct casework service within the home and/or in conjunction with another agency. The scope of Medical Social Work Services includes psychosocial assessment, development and community referral.
Responsibilities:Â Â Â
- Psychosocial evaluation and development of a treatment plan with specific goals in collaboration with the patient, family, physician and other health team members.
- Provides casework and short term counseling services and makes appropriate community referrals to assist with discharge planning process.
- Interprets to members of the health team, patient’s psychosocial dynamics as they affect the multidisciplinary plan of treatment.
- Provides education and consultation with patients/family and agency staff as needed.
- Identifies and reports significant clinical information to the physician, department supervisor/manager and the primary nurse coordinating services.
- Documents all clinical evaluations, treatments and patient’s response to therapeutic interventions on a timely basis.
- Participates in patient care conferences for coordination of services and documents outcomes.
- Attends educational programs relevant to the field of social work for enhancement of professional growth.Â
Qualifications:
- License and current registration to practice in the State of New York as a Social Worker. (LCSW/LMSW)
- Graduate of an accredited school of social work with a Master’s Degree.
- One year MSW experience in a health care setting.
- Professional Liability insurance in the amount specified by VNSW.
- Valid driver’s license and automobile in good working order and available for use in the field.
- Ability to master basic computer skills.
FEE For Service Rates:
 Evaluation     $90 per visit
 Follow up Visit: $75 per visit
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