Social Worker II

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

The Clinical Social Worker II (CSW II) is a master’s-prepared social worker (MSW) registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences as an Associate Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker. The CSW II must have passed the BBS Ethics Exam and either passed or be eligible to sit for the LCSW licensing exam.

In this role, the CSW II provides comprehensive medical social work services, including psychosocial assessments, supportive counseling, therapeutic interventions, patient and caregiver education, and linkage to community resources. Responsibilities may also include providing clinical supervision to MSWs and BSW/MSW students, as well as facilitating support groups.

The CSW II participates in multidisciplinary treatment planning, program development, quality improvement initiatives, crisis intervention, and on-call coverage. The position actively supports the delivery of high-quality psychosocial care and contributes to organizational performance improvement through committee participation or leadership of improvement projects. Additional duties may include involvement in staff education, policy development, research, and program planning.

As a successful candidate, you will: 

• Provides timely, appropriate, reliable, and respectful social work services to patients and families.

• Demonstrates competence appropriate to his/her role and function

• Delivers quality of care consistent with professional and City of Hope standards.

• Uses effective decision-making, evaluation and problem-solving skills in managing patient care, hospital, and administrative needs.

• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills; excellent documentation skills of all activities/decisions related to patient care in compliance with State, National and Joint Commission standards/regulations.

• Provides skilled psychosocial support and crisis management for patients throughout the continuum of care: diagnosis, living with cancer, recurrence, end-of-life, and survivorship.

• Acts as an ambassador to the profession by effectively articulating the role and expertise of a CSW and by actively participating in community and professional organizations.

• Demonstrates a willingness to participate in marketing and development efforts.

• Meets and maintains all professional and regulatory standards; represents and models the core values of the Department of Supportive Care Medicine.

• Participates in performance improvement activities to promote continuous improvement in care delivery.

• Strives to earn the respect and esteem of the team, department, organization and profession; fosters positive departmental and institutional morale.

• Demonstrates compassion, warmth, insight, basic skill in assessments and intervention, and maintains objectivity and professional boundaries.

• Possesses a working knowledge of the patient population at City of Hope.

Your qualifications should include: 

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE- Accredited School of Social Work

• Two years medical social work

• One-year oncology social work (Preferred).

• Out of state Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Active registration as an Associate Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences CSW II must pass the LCSW exam and become a LCSW in the state of California within one year or be demoted to CSW I

• For pediatric service, CCS Panel provider or complete application within 60 days of hire

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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