Healthy Steps Specialist, LMSW

Rochester Regional Health • Madison, WI

2d • $62,400 - $75,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Healthy Steps, a program of Zero to Three, promotes nurturing caregiving, which supports families and improves healthy development and well-being of babies and toddlers, preparing them for school and life. The Healthy Steps Specialist is an early child development expert who will join the pediatric primary care team to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with patients’ ages 0-5. The Healthy Steps Specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team-based comprehensive care.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work.
• 1-2 years of pediatric experience.
• Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) license

Nice To Haves

• Clinically licensed mental health professional preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Commitment to working with underserved populations in a community setting.
• Empathic, supportive, and patience.
• Ability to work with people of many backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to work well in teams and independently.
• Ability to multitask and triage/juggle multiple appointments and conflicting priorities
• Flexibility in communication: able to switch between being on the floor playing with young patients and communicating with medical professionals regarding mental health interventions in a professional, coherent, and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Promotes the Healthy Steps program within the practice to families and providers.
• Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider.
• During visits, focus on monitoring development, social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance.
• Conducts consultations on a short-term basis for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, picky eating, etc.
• Maintains a child development support line and responds to and tracks call requests within the designated response time.
• Creates and maintains community resource directory/database.
• Provides referrals and tracks follow-up, as appropriate, to help families make successful connections to key resources within the community.
• Is an active member of the Healthy Steps Implementation Team and attends regular team meetings
• Is an active member of the RRH Maternal Child Team, attending and participating in regular meetings and activities
• Maintains open communication with all members of the primary care team.
• Documents all patient clinical activity and care coordination in the EMR.
• Participates in Healthy Steps training (Virtual Healthy Steps Institute).
• Participates in administrative and clinical/reflective supervision meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Rochester Regional Health is an integrated health services organization serving the people of Western New York, the Finger Lakes, St. Lawrence County, and beyond. The system includes nine hospitals; primary and specialty practices, rehabilitation centers, ambulatory campuses and immediate care facilities; innovative senior services, facilities and independent housing; a wide range of behavioral health services; and Rochester Regional Health Laboratories and ACM Global Laboratories, a global leader in patient and clinical trials. It’s vision is to lead the evolution of healthcare to enable every member of the communities it serves to enjoy a better, healthier life.

What This Job Offers

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