Social Worker

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What Awaits You:

• Opportunities for Career Growth - Build a meaningful career with access to professional development, mentorship, and advancement pathways.
• Collaborative and Inclusive Environment - Work alongside a diverse team of professionals who value mutual respect, innovation, and teamwork.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package - Take advantage of a competitive and affordable benefits program that supports your health, financial security, and overall well-being.
• $5,000 sign-on bonus

Social Worker - Emergency Department (2:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.)

Summary The Social Worker I provides direct psychosocial care, discharge planning, and care coordination for Emergency Department patients from 2:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., collaborating with patients, families, physicians, nurse case managers, and the interdisciplinary team. Services include psychosocial assessment, goal setting, behavioral interventions, crisis intervention, patient/family education, and referral to community resources to mitigate barriers to care and discharge.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical social work services in the Emergency Department, working closely with nurse case management and interdisciplinary teams.
• Screen patients and complete full psychosocial assessments and individualized care plans.
• Deliver psychosocial interventions for behavioral health, substance use, adjustment to illness/hospitalization, crisis situations, and post-hospital planning.
• Conduct family meetings, facilitate care transitions, and coordinate referrals to community resources.
• Provide psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and monitor medication effects when applicable (Community Psychiatry Program duties).
• Coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team and participate in interdisciplinary rounds as appropriate.
• Document assessments, plans, and interventions in the medical record according to departmental and regulatory standards.
• Maintain and utilize a network of local, regional, and national community resources; assist with legal guardianships, psychiatric referrals, abuse/neglect reporting, end-of-life and charity care as needed.
• Participate in quality improvement, committee work, supervision per COMAR, on-call coverage, and occasional home visits.
• Provide coverage during staff absences; other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• MSW required.
• Maryland LMSW required.
• Experience in a medical setting required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of community resources and ability to synthesize assessment data to guide care.
• Ability to prioritize, manage a full caseload, and document promptly.
• Proficiency with electronic health records, email, and standard office technology.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Salary Range: Minimum 32.40/hour - Maximum 53.48/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.