Atlantic Health System
Location
Summit, NJ | United States
Job description
Responsible for counseling, assessing, and assisting individuals/families or groups who are affected by Cancer and receiving treatments as Surgery, Chemotherapy and Radiation.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Provides psychosocial assessments to determine patient needs, makes appropriate referrals, provides counseling and supportive services to patients/families, makes referrals to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P)
2. Identifies and maintains funding sources which supports the Family Counseling & Guidance Program.
3. Maintains statistical information and analysis of data, develops outcome and measures for program evaluation, program development and facilitation of program.
4. Other relevant duties as assigned
Required:
1. MSW from an accredited school of social work.
2. NJ LSW or LCSW required.
3. Previous medical hospital social work and grant experience strongly preferred. .
Preferred:
1. Maintains current knowledge of trends and advances in clinical practice and healthcare informatics, as well as new developments and innovations in hardware and software technology.
2. Demonstrated initiative, problem identification, resolution and analytical skills are essential, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills
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