Social work supervisor vs clinical social worker

Differences between social work supervisor and clinical social worker duties and responsibilities

Social work supervisor example responsibilities.

• Collaborate with partners including public and private agencies to achieve permanency for children.
• Provide training and weekly supervision to MSW and BSW level staff in the traditional and therapeutic foster care programs.
• Provide ongoing adjustment to illness support to patients and families through hospitalization, bereavement counseling, and crisis intervention.
• Input data from assessments into the MDS system for submission to Medicare.
• Spearhead hospital-wide projects, including roll out of new CMS regulations and forms.
• Provide ongoing and current education regarding CMS issues like ABN process and implementation.
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Clinical social worker example responsibilities.

• Understand manage care, Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
• Screen, identify, diagnose using DSM nomenclature, treat and manage mental health and/or substance abuse problems.
• Provide clinical services to patients in rehabilitation and oncology including assessment, crisis intervention, grief therapy, and discharge planning.
• Provide individual, group, family therapy, team coordination, discharge planning, utilization review and MSW student supervision.
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to determine Medicare length of skil nursing stay.
• Facilitate therapy, symptom management, and rehabilitation groups for mental health clients in partial hospitalization setting.
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