Title: Social Worker - Care Management
Location: Bath, ME United States
Schedule: Full Time
Job Description:
Medical Group Practices
Professional - Clinical
Req #: 16723
~ 40 Hours/week, Full-time, M-F, Day shift ~
Hybrid (up to 2 days/week remote after training is completed)
Maine State License Licensed Social Worker (LSW) is required
This position will support Primary Care Internal Medicine practices in both Topsham and Bath equally.
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Worker (LSW) to join Lend a Hand, part of our growing care management program! Our SWs provide complex care management in the primary care setting. Through sensitivity to social drivers of health, understanding of the role behavioral health challenges often play in a patient's overall health, and deep knowledge of socioeconomic safety net systems and resources, the Social Worker helps patients overcome barriers and make meaningful progress toward health-related goals.
If you are passionate about improving health outcomes and working as part of a patient-centered team, consider joining us!
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education required.
License/Certifications: Active license by the Maine State Board of Social Work required.
Experience: Experience providing therapeutic services to adult and pediatric patients with chronic medical issues required. Experience in client advocacy and case management required.
Additional Skills/Requirements Required: N/A
Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred: N/A
Additional Information
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you'll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them - both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.
We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow - programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
