Social Worker

Summary

The Social Worker II provides comprehensive psychosocial support to patients and families in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and the interdisciplinary care team. This role includes psychosocial assessments, care planning, discharge support, crisis intervention, grief counseling, and resource coordination to help remove barriers to care and improve patient outcomes.

Essential Functions

• Conducts face-to-face screenings and full psychosocial assessments for patients with identified social work needs.
• Develops and implements individualized care plans and discharge/transition plans.
• Provides direct psychosocial support, including crisis intervention, grief counseling, and family engagement.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to support care coordination and optimize patient outcomes.
• Connects patients and families to community, legal, financial, and behavioral health resources.
• Assists with complex needs such as guardianship, adoption, abuse/neglect/IPV, end-of-life planning, and charity care.
• Facilitates family meetings, participates in rounds, and serves as a clinical resource and mentor to staff.
• Maintains accurate, timely documentation in compliance with departmental and regulatory standards.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, committee work, and on-call/coverage responsibilities as needed.
• May provide supervision to social work staff or students when appropriately credentialed.

Qualifications

Education

• Master of Social Work (MSW) required

Licensure

• Valid LCSW-C required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of community resources and psychosocial factors affecting patient care
• Ability to assess complex patient/family needs and develop effective treatment plans
• Excellent communication, counseling, and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work independently in a healthcare or mental health setting
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and standard office systems

Salary Range: Minimum 34.62/hour - Maximum 57.19/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.