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Volunteer Social Worker

Work with team members in your volunteer service program to provide healthcare and social services to low-income patients and their families. Healthcare Case Management promotes wellness and disease prevention by helping individuals with chronic illness to better manage their health needs. Registered nurses, social workers, community health workers, behavior health therapists, and spiritual care team encourage self-management of chronic conditions and self-sufficiency.

The Social Worker assists with gaining self-sufficiency by providing assistance with basic needs, connecting to community resources and providing access to local, state, and federal benefits, assist with navigating through social services and in building a support system. Roles and responsibilities adjusted based on the interest, skills and talents of the St. Joseph Worker.

Preferred position qualifications
• Bachelors Degree in Social Work or other related field
• Experience in home/community based health care setting
• Current BLS Certificate
Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
• Sensitivity to the needs and situations of a multi-cultural population from a variety of income levels
• Excellent interpersonal skills for communicating complex theoretical and technical concepts to personnel and client/family/caregivers within various levels of academic and learning ability, for promotion of problem-solving and conflict resolution, and for mentoring of staff
• Strong organizational skills and ability to effectively present written and verbal information
• Application of safety principles when performing duties
• Ability to perform duties and responsibilities in an independent manner and complete job duties and responsibilities in a timely, accurate, thorough manner