Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here (https://www.myworkday.com/umiami/d/task/1422$7248.htmld) to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet (https://my.it.miami.edu/wda/erpsec/tipsheets/ER\_eRecruiting\_ApplyforaJob.pdf) . The University of Miami is currently seeking a full time Social Worker, LCSW, to work at UHealth Tower South in Miami. SUMMARY The incumbent provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, and/or treatment and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation and meet the continuing needs of patients post hospitalization. The Social Worker, LCSW, administers a broad variety of therapies and is the designated expert, consultant, or source of knowledge within the social work profession. *Sign on Bonus: $5,000* Core Job Functions • Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation.• Administers a broad variety of therapies and is the designated expert, consultant, or source of knowledge within the social work profession.• Formulates, develops, and implements a plan utilizing appropriate social work interventions.• Collaborates with the health care team and involves the patient/family in the development and implementation of plans.• Facilitates discharge planning across a multidisciplinary care continuum which includes interacting with consulting physicians, third party payer and other health care providers to facilitate movement of the patient through the system and arrangement of an appropriate discharge plan.• Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary staff to design and implement treatment plans and discharge plans for the patient.• Provides education and counseling to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's illness and/or life situation.• May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies.• Supervises Master of Social Work (MSW) students.• May function as a resource to other staff as appropriate.• Provides education to other health care professionals.• Participates in or consults on research/education programs. CORE QUALIFICATIONS Education: Master’s Degree in Social Work Certification and Licensing: LCSW BLS Certified (within 3 months of hire) Experience: Minimum 1 year of experience preferable with cancer patients Languages: English - Required Bilingual (Spanish) - Preferred #LI-CM1 The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more. UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here (https://www.hr.miami.edu/careers/eo-ada/index.html) for additional information. Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff Pay Grade: H11