ChristianaCare's Community Health Program is looking to hire a Full Time Senior Social Worker I to support the Wilmington Adult Medicine practice at the Wilmington Hospital.

The Senior Social Worker will work as a team member of an ambulatory complex care and assist with program development and decision making on merging service delivery and program access issues. They will assist patients and families to identify health, social, emotional, and environmental needs and to connect them with available resources/ services through the provision of a full spectrum of longitudinal health and social work services.

Work Schedule:

  • Monday- Friday: 8am- 4:30pm.

  • No weekends or holidays

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participates as a member of the Social Care Coordination Center, focused on the addressing needs, supports, barriers, and available community resources to address social care needs of patients.

  • Understands and leverages multiple electronic systems including Unite Delaware, population health platform(s), electronic medical records, health information networks, state and federal agencies sites.

  • Provides information on social service programs and state and federal regulations specific to the community.

  • Employs social determinants of health screenings and develops a plan that will address the needs identified.

  • Works with the patient, family, community, state and federal agencies, inpatient facilities and any other applicable resources, to formulate a plan for longitudinal support and self-management of social needs.

  • Gathers information regarding the patient's social needs, family support system, financial resources, and available community and governmental resources.

Benefits & Incentives

  • Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, etc.

  • Two retirement planning offerings, including 403(b) with company contributions.

  • Generous paid time off with annual roll-over and opportunities to cash out.

  • 12 week paid parental leave.

  • Tuition assistance

  • Incredible Work/Life benefits including annual membership to care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through Care@Work, retirement planning services, financial coaching, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and great discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets, insurance and much more!

Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in social work (MSW) from an accredited graduate school of Social Work required.

  • Licensed MSW as required by the state of Delaware. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) preferred.

  • Minimum of 2 years of related work experience preferred.

Community visits as needed. One to two years of direct experience with arranging community services for complex populations

At ChristianaCare, we are guided by our values of Love and Excellence and are passionate about delivering health, not just health care.

Feel free to apply and come join us at ChristianaCare!

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