Licensed Clinical Social Worker - OB Home Visits

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Wake Forest, NC

3d•$28 - $42

About The Position

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is seeking applicants for a full-time Family Outreach Specialist for their NEST-Rural program. The NEST program is a short-term, postpartum home visitation program for individuals delivering at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Birth Center. NEST-Rural is an expansion of the initial NEST program launched in Forsyth County and is being conducted as an evaluation of the NEST program in providing support to families residing in the outlying counties of Davie, Davidson, Stokes, Yadkin, and Wilkes. The Family Outreach Specialist offers complementary support to the nurse home visitation services, for those families where additional support may be needed, specifically connecting families to additional community-based support services, based on assessment of the family’s needs. The NEST-Rural Family Outreach Specialist is also responsible for reaching out to and helping to maintain partnerships with community-based organizations to support strong, bi-directional collaborations to meet the needs of families served within these communities. Individuals interested in learning more about the position are encouraged to email Dr. Stamilio ( [email protected] ) and Dr. Jensen ( [email protected] ).

Requirements

Masters Social Work
LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker North Carolina Social Work Certification and Licensure Board ( preferred ) - or- LCSW Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Provisional who has passed the NC Licensing Exam
Experience serving maternal and infant health populations
Strong written and oral communications skills
Collaborative and enjoys working with a team
Reliable transportation
Awareness of community resources for serving maternal and infant health populations
Willingness to travel to outlying communities to serve families in their home environment (mileage reimbursement provided)

Nice To Haves

Well-developed psychosocial assessment and intervention skills
Ability to develop trustful working relationships with others. Maintains an open, approachable manner, and treats others fairly and respectfully. Preserves others' self-confidence and dignity and shows regard for their opinions.
Ability to communicate effectively by listening, speaking, and writing; demonstrates skill at group presentations, meeting facilitation, health interviews.
Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and excels at locating, retrieving, evaluating, and using information skillfully.
Competence with computer systems, applications, and the electronic medical record.
Ability to interact and communicate with a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and socioeconomic classes
Ability to interact with a wide variety of professionals and age groups
Ability to multi-task and prioritize; uses time efficiently, develops realistic action plans.
Maintains regular and dependable work schedule, while being flexible enough to meet patient and program demands that fall outside traditional work hours.

Responsibilities

Performs a wide range of patient care activities for assigned patients.
Conducts patient assessments, contributes to the patient treatment plan, and the discharge plan; and provides individual, group, and family counseling as indicated.
Completes clinical assessments of biopsychosocial needs, provides information and short-term therapeutic counseling to patients and their families in relation to social, psychological, financial, and family situations and prepares an intervention plan.
Obtains, interprets, and communicates to staff and physicians' necessary information regarding patients and families, including biopsychosocial history information.
Identifies possible or actual patient/family crises, providing crisis intervention and emotional support, and creating and facilitating effective plans for resolution.
Develops and maintains good working relationships with outside community health and social agencies.
Reaches out to the community to learn of and utilize new resources for meeting patient needs.
Assists patients and families with obtaining community assistance by referral to proper resources.
Documents group therapy and other care activity in patient charts according to department policies and procedures.
Adheres to National Association of Social Workers' Code of Ethics.
Upholds a professional working relationship at all times and adheres to department rules.
Practices teamwork and adheres to Standards of Behavior.
Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Uses appropriate methods to clearly convey information to others in an engaging way, which helps others understand and retain the message.
Works with others respectfully and openly; provides help to achieve shared goals.
Meets or exceeds patient and employee safety requirements while promoting and achieving quality outcomes.
Takes ownership for goals and outcomes; effectively and efficiently uses available resources to successfully complete tasks.
Identifies opportunities and takes action to continuously improve processes.
Maintains effectiveness and flexibility during change.
Complies with all required employee health programs including annual tuberculin testing and other applicable screening, testing and vaccinations.
Maintains current licensures, certifications and/or registrations (if applicable for the position).
Complies with requirements for job specific competency testing and demonstrates and communicates proficiency in skills required (if applicable to position).
Adheres to and understands the Health System's Corporate Compliance Plan as evidenced by timely participation in required training (including annual testing) and 100% compliance with the Corporate Compliance Code of Conduct.
Adheres to and understands the Health System's Environment of Care Plan as evidenced by timely participation in required training (including annual safety testing).
Adheres to and understands the Health System's HIPAA Compliance Plan as evidenced by timely participation in required training (including annual HIPAA testing).
Attends all required educational programs (including General Orientation, and departmental or job specific required programs).

Benefits

Generous PTO: Accrues, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.
Education Reimbursement: We invest in your professional growth, offering education assistance.
Retirement: Secure your financial future with up to 6% employer-paid retirement contributions.
Health Insurance: Flexible plan options with comprehensive coverage, expanded provider access, and free virtual primary care for you and your dependents.
Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
Incentive pay for select positions
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program