Acute Inpatient LCSW - Monthly Weekends/Holidays - Philadelphia, PA

VetJobs • Philadelphia, PA

23d • $37 - $47

About The Position

Provide professional mental health treatment to pediatric patients and families using recognized best-practice interventions. Core services include assessing psychosocial functioning and capacities, conducting mental status examinations, diagnosing mental health conditions, and recommending treatment. Provide therapies addressing mental health diagnoses that affect children and their families, collaborating with multiple disciplines, programs, departments, and organizations. Provide supervision and training to developing mental health providers, including Fellows. Provide clinical care to the Behavioral Health Integrated Program as needed.

Assess, plan, and implement interventions grounded in social work practice, human behavior and the social environment, and child and family development. Address patients’ and families’ needs related to illness, hospitalization, and continuing care. Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide age- and developmentally appropriate counseling, treatment, and resources. Evaluate the effectiveness of services, use feedback to improve practice, and organize workload according to patient-care needs and departmental standards. Maintain professional documentation and comply with medical-legal reporting requirements.

Promote a positive, culturally sensitive professional environment; work collaboratively with patients, families, hospital staff, and external organizations; and participate in care conferences, rounds, education, advocacy, and quality-improvement initiatives. Maintain and develop professional practice skills and meet continuing and mandatory education requirements.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work or social welfare.
• Prior clinical social work experience.
• Pennsylvania Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license upon hire, or New Jersey LCSW license upon hire.
• Required proficiency in typical and atypical child development.
• Required proficiency in child psychopathology.
• Required proficiency in therapy and psychological assessment techniques with children and families.
• Required proficiency in behavioral methodology and principles.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English.
• Ability to direct and motivate staff teams.
• Critical analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with healthcare team providers.
• Ability to develop trusting relationships with patients, families, and staff.
• Ability to work sensitively with cultural diversity and help staff understand that diversity.
• Ability to identify community resources and advocate on behalf of families.
• Professional approach and appearance, with a high level of emotional maturity.
• Ability to learn public health policy and healthcare legislation and respond as a family advocate.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in a hospital, health organization, or mental health agency setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and implement professional interventions based on social work practice, human behavior, the social environment, and child and family development.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments of patients and/or families.
• Provide age- and developmentally appropriate counseling, mental health treatment, and resources based on assessment findings.
• Provide mental health therapies, conduct mental status examinations, diagnose mental health conditions, and recommend treatment.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of services, incorporate feedback, and adjust goals or modalities as indicated.
• Organize workload and prioritize services according to patient-care needs and departmental standards.
• Follow professional medical-legal reporting requirements and seek supervision on risk-management issues.
• Document services, assessments, interventions, billing data, and other required information accurately and on time in the electronic medical record and applicable systems.
• Complete hospital, department, program, and external-agency reports or information requests within required time frames.
• Maintain positive working relationships and promote a professional environment with patients, families, staff, agencies, and organizations.
• Participate in team meetings, care conferences, rounds, committees, and quality-improvement initiatives.
• Educate others about psychosocial aspects of health and illness and collaborate on health education and wellness initiatives.
• Advocate for patients and families and develop or improve psychosocial services.
• Identify barriers to service delivery and develop and implement interventions, systems, or programs to improve services.
• Provide supervision and training to developing mental health providers, including Fellows; when appropriate, serve as a field instructor, preceptor, or lecturer.
• Develop professional skills through supervision, consultation, learning, continuing education, and mandatory education, and adhere to the NASW Code of Ethics.
• Provide clinical care to the Behavioral Health Integrated Program as needed.

Benefits

• Annual influenza vaccination is required as a condition of employment for employees working in patient-care buildings or with patient-facing responsibilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior