Social Worker MSW, Day Shift, Home Health

AHC - Home Health Southern Maryland

Adventist HealthCare Home Health is hiring a Social Worker MSW in our Southern Maryland Territory and Silver Spring Territory. Qualified candidates will be eligible for up to a $2,500 sign-on bonus. (Current AHC employees not eligible – see below under additional details.)

We're seeking an experienced Social Worker MSW, who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

As a Social Worker you will:

• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality therapeutic care that is appropriate to the age, diagnoses, developmental state, and mental status of the clients that are assigned to their specific unit/department
• Initiate and implement complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
• Provide individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
• Participate in an interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
• Assist clients in their development of self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-actualization through a multitude of traditional and adjunctive therapeutic services
• Document services provided and disseminate information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i.e., DJJ, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC, etc.
• Co-ordinate with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety and stability
• Assess and intervene in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues
• Promote positive patient-family-community relations

Qualified candidates will possess:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or equivalent Master’s Degree in a recognized health field
• Licensed Graduate Social Work Licensure Required
• One to Three Years Social Work

Experience

• Preferred, Experience in an Inpatient Setting Preferred
• Knowledge of Psychological Disorders & Abnormal Psychology Related to Adolescents and Adults Required
• Work is primarily sedentary in nature requiring occasional exertion of up to ten pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects
• Work requires visual acuity to read, prepare, and analyze data, transcriptions, and characters on computer terminal, visual inspection of documents, and similar objects or items at distances generally close to eyes
• Worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental condition; conditions are typical of office setting

Work Schedule:

• Employment Type: Full-time
• Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week
• Typical Daily Schedule: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Monday through Friday
• Shift Type: Days
• Weekend

Requirements

• Rotating
• Holiday

Requirements

• Rotating

• Pay Range: $29.08 - $42.17

• Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as United States of America (Non-Exempt)

• At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• Free Employee parking

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your hire date

• Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

• Paid Time Off

• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period

• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

• As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County

• If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference

• Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered

• Tobacco and Drug Statement: Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use. While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result. Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing.

• Equal Employment Opportunity

• Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.

• Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.