If you are an experienced Social Worker, and you are compassionate about collaborating with patients or clients, ChristianaCare HomeHealth is the place for you! Our highly skilled staff can assist with many different facets of medical care. We work with families and their loved one's to identify resources that may be offered to support safety and well being in the home. Please see our video, by clicking this link, for a glimpse of what it means to work at ChristianaCare HomeHealth: https://youtu.be/OEVadkUrte8.

We are currently seeking a Full Time Senior Social Worker to join our HomeHealth team. The Social Worker is responsible to the Care Management supervisor and works in close cooperation with nursing staff and Care Management Supervisor for the implementations and deliver of Medical Social Work services. The successful candidate will work the hours of 8am - 4:30pm. Will require an occasional weekend and holiday shifts.

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Assist the physician and other members of the health care team in understanding the significant social and emotional facts related to the patient's health.
• Make home visits to assess the social and emotional factors in order to extimate the patient's capacity and potential to cope with challenges.
• Help the patient and patient's family to understand, accept and follow medical recommendations and provide services planned to restore the client to optimum social and health adjustments within his/her circumstances.
• Assist patient and families with personal and environmental difficulties which predispose toward illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.

The successful candidate will possess a Master's Degree from a school of social work accredited by the council on Social Work Education, and one year experience in health care setting.

ChristianaCare Offers:

• Excellent benefits that are immediately available to you upon your first day of orientation
• 403(b) with employer match, and additional program to support retirement planning
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Promote & recognize professional development

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EEO Statement: Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

UPDATE: ChristianaCare is committed to prioritizing the health and safety of our patients and caregivers. As we continue to meet the needs of our caregivers and our community through the COVID-19 pandemic, our commitment to health and safety requires that we take new steps to ensure a safe environment for medical care for our patients and a workplace that avoids preventable harm for our caregivers. For this reason, vaccination for COVID-19 is required for all caregivers at ChristianaCare and is considered a safety standard that is job-related and consistent with business necessity for all caregivers.