Clinical Social Worker/LICSW

• Provides clinical psychosocial intervention, including crisis intervention, individual, couples and family counseling, support groups, and short-term bereavement therapy
• Coordinates patient care through the continuum, facilitating the achievement of optimal quality outcomes in relation to clinical care and cost-effectiveness
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team of oncologist, APP, Oncology Nurse Navigator, primary infusion RN, surgeons, radiation oncologists, resource navigators and collaterals to achieve optimal patient care from pre-diagnosis through treatment, survivorship and/or end of life
• Provides for the coordination of services to patients/families in the Cancer Center including connection with internal and external resources
• Identifies and addresses high-risk psychosocial factors as well as psychosocial strengths of patients/families/caregivers that impact health status, coping and adjustment
• Assumes responsibility for attending to patients with complex psychosocial risk (domestic violence, protective services, frail elderly, disabled, substance abuse, etc.)
• Assesses adaptation of families to patients' illnesses, provides crisis intervention, short-term therapy as needed and engage support persons as needed
• Provides biopsychosocial assessment and intervention, crisis intervention, coordination of psychosocial services, and consultation, to reduce cancer-related distress and improve quality of life for patients, families, and caregivers across the trajectory of cancer care
• Provides social work intervention to assist patients/families
• Responsible for evidence-based facilitation or patient and/or family and/or caregiver support programs or groups area
• Provides clinical interventions that are focused on cancer-related distress, are evidence based, goal oriented, strengths based, and short-term and episodic in nature to ensure patient equity and accessibility to social work interventions
• Provides in-person and/or telehealth services to patients and families/caregivers
• Completes appropriate evidence-based assessments including Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale, PHQ-9, and GAD-7 for each patient so as to inform appropriate and clinical response
• Assumes responsibility/leadership as needed
• Assists health care team to integrate psychosocial factors
• Provides education/consultation regarding impact of cancer on patients and families/caregivers to community, and provides consultation, education, and program development within the disease-based or service-based team and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team
• Responsible for evidence-based facilitation of patient and/or family and/or caregiver support programs or groups area
• Serves as liaison and collaborates with range of community and governmental agencies and resources
• Communicate and collaborate with inpatient Palliative Care Team at South Shore Hospital including warm handoffs, intervention assistance, and continuing patient and family support
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous improvement by seeking ways of improving care, effectiveness and efficiency within the department and within the organization
• Demonstrates flexibility, willingness to innovate, seek new models of care and collaboration
• Demonstrates commitment to cultural sensitivity and cultural competence with diverse populations
• Responsible for identifying and communicating systemic inequities, their impact on patients, families, caregivers and the community at large and providing recommendations for systemic change
• Documents clinical work
• Maintains administrative record-keeping, statistical reports
• Participates in department meetings and institutional committees
• Participates in Supportive Oncology Collaborative meeting weekly with multi-d support team of psychiatry, psychology, palliative care, and social work
• Participates in weekly medical oncology rounds for each medical provider so as to collaborate and coordinate care for patients and families
• Formulates, coordinates, implements psychosocial component of patient/family care
• Initiates and/or participates in interdisciplinary collaboration to implement psychosocial treatment
• On call coverage once per week during work hours offering acute interventions for patients who are dysregulated, suicidal, or with other concerning behaviors
• Participates in interdepartmental / Institute planning regarding program, policy, procedures
• Teaches and supervises social work staff graduate trainees, volunteers
• Delivers presentations and seminars to community at large
• Participates in psychosocial research
• Seeks consultation as needed

• Masters Degree in Social Work from accredited program
• Current Massachusetts license required
• Previous experience in hospital or healthcare setting
• LCSW or LICSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker OR Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
• Bilingual English / Spanish preferred
• Cultural sensitivity and age specific competency required
• Crisis intervention, treatment skills
• Strong clinical assessment/judgment, including interdisciplinary teaming skills
• Excellent communication oral and written
• Strong organizational skills and ability to set priorities
• tolerance for ambiguity
• Analytical skills, computer literacy and keyboarding
• Knowledge of interventions for patients with psychosocial needs inclusive of mental health, behavioral health, emotional, relational, and other social needs
• Knowledge of various behavioral health interventions related to common issues and needs across the oncology continuum of care
• Knowledge of interdisciplinary teamwork and team dynamics, scope of key partnerships and interprofessional roles
• Knowledge of social work clinical psychosocial care concepts, practices, and policies with demonstrated ability to use them in varied situations
• may require clinical consultation to plan and implement in complex situations
• Ability to facilitate understanding and resolution of problems related to patient/family/caregiver interpersonal conflict, mental health and/or substance use concerns or disorders
• Ability to provide guidance/ consultation to the team around complex patient management, including ethical issues
• may require clinical consultation to plan and implement in complex situations
• Ability to facilitate patient and family/caregiver participation in oncology care, with ability to recommend and contribute to team and/or family/caregiver meetings
• Ability to make clinical decisions guided by experience, policies, consultation, and evidence-based practice
• Ability to actively participate in team meetings related to care planning in the setting of disruptive/challenging patient/family/caregiver/support person behavior
• Ability to understand and communicate information to interdisciplinary team, patients, families, caregivers, and community partners (e.g., agencies, professional organizations, etc.)
• Ability to be sensitive, responsive to, and advocate for the needs of diverse populations in the setting of serious illness
• including but not limited to diversity in gender identity, age, culture, race, religion, socioeconomic status, abilities, and sexual orientation
• Ability to adjust to change within a fast-paced working environment
• Ability to integrate professional ethical principles (e.g., confidentiality, boundaries) and adhere to relevant professional, departmental, and organizational standards for patient and family care
• Ability to write clear and complete biopsychosocial assessments, progress notes, and other forms of documentation in the EMR, keeping with Divisional and Institutional policies
• Adheres to Social Work Division practice and administrative standards and policies (e.g., HIPAA, high-risk sign out, scheduling)

Bilingual English / Spanish preferred