{"id":6165,"date":"2024-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/?page_id=6165"},"modified":"2026-06-27T19:07:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:07:39","slug":"social-worker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/social-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"

UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Representative group<\/th>\nJob codes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU LOCAL 925 Healthcare Prof\/Lab Tech<\/td>\n18124 (E S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)
\n18125 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)
\n23260 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian<\/td>\n18944 (E S SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian)
\n17885 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian)
\n23212 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

BASIC FUNCTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a member of a health care team, provide professional social work services in a client\/patient care, research and\/or teaching environment.<\/p>\n

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under general direction, provide social work services to clients\/patients, their families, and\/or others; and\/or participate in health sciences research; and\/or participate in health sciences teaching activities, and exercise independent decision-making authority and expertise specific to assigned area of practice.<\/p>\n

TYPICAL WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Provide specialty consultation to other health care staff and health care teams regarding psychosocially focused aspects of client\/patient care;<\/p>\n

Provides psychosocial support to patients and families;<\/p>\n

In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, develops and implements safe and timely discharge plans;<\/p>\n

Provides care coordination for patients with complicated social and medical histories;<\/p>\n

Provides case management in specialized programs;<\/p>\n

Provides counseling services in specialized programs;<\/p>\n

Makes timely referrals to hospital and\/community agencies including those required by mandatory reporting laws such and child and vulnerable adult abuse;<\/p>\n

Maintains appropriate documentation;<\/p>\n

Participates in practicum instruction of social work students and\/or provides work direction to Social Work Assistant(s) or other assigned staff;<\/p>\n

Participates in formal and informal teaching of health care professionals, health sciences students and the general community;<\/p>\n

Coordinates elements of research studies and projects;<\/p>\n

Participates in or chairs departmental program development activities or committees;<\/p>\n

Represent the Social Work Department on hospital, university, and community committees\/work groups;<\/p>\n

Perform related duties as assigned\/required.<\/p>\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Master of Social Work Degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education<\/p>\n

AND<\/p>\n

One year of full-time social work experience in a health care setting or equivalent. Experience can include a practicum placement as part of a social work training program and\/or employment experience.<\/p>\n

Equivalent education and\/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and\/or registration.<\/p>\n

LEGAL REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Within 90 days of hire must hold one of the following credentials issued by the state of Washington:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Agency Affiliated Counselor, or<\/li>\n
  • Licensed Social Work Associate – Advanced, or<\/li>\n
  • Licensed Social Work Associate – Independent Clinical, or<\/li>\n
  • Licensed Advance Social Worker, or<\/li>\n
  • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses\/certifications are obtained for each position.<\/p>\n

    CLASSIFICATION HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n

    01\/03\/1973: New Class
    \n12\/14\/1973: Revise Class
    \n05\/01\/1982: Revise Title & Class
    \n01\/18\/1988: Revise Title\/Class
    \n07\/02\/1990: Revise MQ
    \n03\/15\/2002: Revise MQ
    \n06\/01\/2005: CSR Class Conversion
    \n07\/01\/2009: Revise legal requirements
    \n02\/16\/2016: Combine Social Worker 1, UW job code 8943, and Social Worker 2, abolishing Social Worker 1 when the change is complete; revise and update spec and MQs, including lowering minimum years of experience from two to one.
    \n01\/01\/2020: Add SEIU 1199NW UWMC-NW job profiles
    \n10\/01\/2022: Class adopted for UW contract classified staff per PERC decision to add this title to the SEIU 925 Healthcare Prof\/Lab Tech bargaining unit. Incorporates the work of UW classified non-union job code 16115, Social Worker 1 – Academic Medical Centers\/Washington State Job Code 351E and 16116 Social Worker 2 – Academic Medical Centers\/Washington State Job Code 351F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    UW CODE AND REPRESENTATIVE GROUP Representative group Job codes SEIU LOCAL 925 Healthcare Prof\/Lab Tech 18124 (E S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 18125 (NE S SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) 23260 (NE H NI SEIU 925 HCP\/LT) SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian 18944 (E S SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian) 17885 (NE S SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian) 23212 (NE H NI SEIU 1199NW HMC SW\/Dietitian) BASIC FUNCTION As a member of a health care team, provide professional social work services in a client\/patient care, research…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6165","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11944,"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6165\/revisions\/11944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/comp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}