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Social Worker

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Location: Wake
Position Type: Full-time
Closing Date: March 31, 2022

The Care Services Social Worker works with the Vice President of Care Services and Care Services team at The ALS Association North Carolina Chapter to provide support to people diagnosed with ALS (or PLS), their caregivers, and families. This role facilitates a higher quality of life for those living with ALS through assessment of needs and identification and referral to available, appropriate support services both in and out of the Chapter. This role offers support through regular attendance at ALS clinic(s) as a representative of the ALS Chapter and by providing education and information. This role is responsible for incoming phone calls or emails from family and community regarding emotional support, resource and referral, and requests for educational trainings in a variety of community settings. This role understands the Chapter brand promise; everything the Chapter does supports the discovery of effective treatments and a cure for ALS.

Core Job Responsibilities:

Provide support and education to persons living with ALS/PLS, and their caregivers and families through phone, email, postal mail, Connection Groups, community contacts, or (occasionally) a home visit

Maintain documentation regarding persons living with ALS/PLS in the Chapter’s database

Provide persons living with ALS/PLS, and their caregivers and families with community, state and national resources

Facilitate, at a minimum, one connection group and fill in for other Connection Group facilitators as needed

Attend assigned clinic(s) and participate in clinic discussion regarding clinic attendees (where and when offered); collaborate and coordinate with the Clinic Coordinator and multidisciplinary team as needed

Meet with patients at ALS clinic, either in person on clinic day or through follow-up phone calls or emails, to ensure that each clinic attendee and their families are knowledgeable about the disease and about available Chapter services

Advocate and educate the North Carolina community regarding ALS public policy issues and efforts

May include the development, implementation and management all National Public Policy issues, including (but not limited to): coordinate logistics for Public Policy Conference, inform staff of action items and other pertinent information