Social Worker Casual

A 64-bed adult psychiatric facility, Lasting Hope Recovery Center is a place of healing. All of the rooms are private. At Lasting Hope Recovery Center, patients find comfort and a team of caring professionals working for them. Often, mental illness and substance abuse occur at the same time. CHI Health Lasting Hope Recovery Center offers an entire range of treatment and prevention services to meet the needs of patients experiencing both challenges. Treatment is built on personal strengths and support systems that treat individuals experiencing these illnesses.

We’re excited to offer a PRN Care Coordination Social Worker opportunity that combines flexibility, variety, and meaningful impact. This position is ideal for someone looking to balance professional growth with personal commitments—our team offers flexible scheduling Monday through Friday with only one weekend rotation every eight weeks. Shifts run roughly 7–8 hours, and start times are adaptable to your family or personal schedule, whether that means an early 7 a.m. start or a later 8:30 a.m. arrival. You’ll gain valuable experience working across three metro inpatient behavioral health campuses, with the added option to provide remote behavioral health social work services for our Kearney location. This role allows you to serve a diverse patient population, strengthen your skills in care coordination and discharge planning, and collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams. For BSW-prepared candidates (MSW preferred), this is a chance to grow your expertise while enjoying a position designed to support work-life balance and professional development.

• Providing developmentally appropriate care for all populations served: plan for the safe discharge and continuity of care, recognize and plan for the unique needs of all ages, the physically disabled, mentally ill, chronically ill, terminally ill, and vulnerable patients. 
• Advocacy and education: patient/family self-care management; patient/family health management education; bioethics referrals and management; physician, staff, and community education; case/care management/coordination education and training; risk management identification and referral. 
• Psychosocial management: crisis intervention; psychosocial assessment/functioning; counseling support and referral; abuse/neglect/trafficking identification, assessment, and referral (partner, child, elder, etc.); family issues affecting care; coping/emotional adjustment; grief/bereavement support (individual and group); adoption, surrogacy, and safe surrender support, management, and resources; health/wellness promotion; substance abuse screening, management, and resources; psychiatric screening, management, and resources; staff support; assessing, addressing, managing, and resources related to social determinants of health (e.g. housing and food insecurity, transportation). 
• Patient/Family Care Conferences: interdisciplinary care communication/coordination related to continuity/transitions of care planning and management. 
• Continuity/Transition Management: As part of Care Management/Coordination team, facilitation of patient decisions and communications regarding post-acute care; professional responsibility for knowledge of community resources related to clinical social work scope of service and functions and social worker discretion; maintaining appropriate up-to-date resource lists; education for patients/families about availability of community resources; mental health service and support coordination; grave disability, palliative care/end-of-life, and hospice patient/family support, referrals, and management; interventions, management, and coordination of transition planning for psychosocially complex cases. 
• Community Resource Coordination: life-care planning; expert consultation on health care resource management; team and patient education regarding various health-related insurance/support programs (e.g. CCS/Medicare/Medicaid/SSI); building and maintaining community relationships to address needs of patients experiencing homelessness and to meet other social determinants of health needs. 
• Performance & Outcomes Management: in-depth understanding and application of federal/state/local regulatory agency guidelines, The Joint Commission standards, and other regulatory and accreditation requirements; implement evidence-based practices; support organizational financial performance, length of stay, cost per case, readmission prevention efforts and revenue cycle goals. 

Education: Bachelor's or Master's Degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education. 

License/Certification: Social Work, State of NE and/or IA