Director, Family Services

Children's National Hospital

6d•$125,050 - $208,437

About The Position

Plans, implements, directs and evaluates daily activities of Social Work and Pastoral Care. Facilitates the development, implementation, and reporting and on-going enhancement Social Work, Child Life, Pastoral Care and Interpreter services. Supports interdisciplinary as well as interdepartmental collaborative practice. Manages departmental budget. Fosters positive and professional interpersonal relationships with patients/families, physicians, hospital staff, community agency representatives and visitors.

Requirements

Master's Degree Social Work degree (Required)
7 years Related and progressive experience (Required)
3 years Supervisory experience (Required)
Familiarity with software such as Windows environment (i.e., Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access).
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Knowledge of children’s health issues.
Knowledge of cultural issues and their impact on health care.
LICSW licensure (Required)

Responsibilities

Ensures Delivery of effective psychosocial services to patients and families
Demonstrates understanding of patient/family needs in a complex healthcare system
Works collaboratively with all members of the hospital community to insure that patient care needs are recognized and addressed
Recruits, trains, and directs social work, and pastoral care staffs to appropriately address patient are needs and systems issues
Liaisons with other social workers who do not report directly to Family Services Department, i.e., Child Protection, Psychiatry, special Immunology , Genetics
Ensures the availability of psychosocial services to families/staff through on-call scheduling
Ensures appropriate discharge planning interventions by the social work staff and provides recommendations for improvement as needed.
Ensures patient/family access to appropriate interfaith services—including hospital chapel and bereavement resource
Facilitates Regulatory compliance with licensure regulation and accreditation standards as they related to Social Work, and Pastoral Care
Manages the Family Services Policy and Procedure Manual to ensure Departmental compliance with new or revised policies
Maintains statistical information concerning volume, usage, staffing requirements of social work and pastoral care to meet budgetary and regulatory requirements.