Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Hourly - Inpatient

Huntington Health • Pasadena, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This position works directly with patients and families in the Emergency Department (ED) or other crisis settings who have complex social situations or extensive psychosocial/mental health needs by assessing the situation, providing necessary intervention and making appropriate referrals or recommendations. It is responsible for supporting the infrastructure necessary to develop and maintain a therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff members. It also provides expertise to staff on legal and ethical issues, mandatory reporting, and psychosocial factors related to the health status of patients. The LCSW also provides clinical leadership to the department and provides supervision to MSWs seeking licensure and graduate social work interns. This position requires flexibility of hours.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree from a graduate school of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or equivalent master’s level degree.
• Current unrestricted Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) issued by State of California.

Nice To Haves

• Three to five years of recent relevant experience in the Emergency Department setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assessing complex social situations or extensive psychosocial/mental health needs of patients and families in the ED or other crisis settings.
• Providing necessary intervention and making appropriate referrals or recommendations.
• Supporting the infrastructure necessary to develop and maintain a therapeutic environment for patients/families and staff members.
• Providing expertise to staff on legal and ethical issues, mandatory reporting, and psychosocial factors related to the health status of patients.
• Providing clinical leadership to the department.
• Providing supervision to MSWs seeking licensure and graduate social work interns.
• Completing a psychosocial assessment within two working days of admission or prior to discharge (for PICU coverage).
• Including at least one of the patient’s parents or primary caretaker(s) in the psychosocial assessment interview (for PICU coverage).
• Including parent(s) or primary caretaker(s) as early as possible in decision-making processes related to their child's care (for PICU coverage).
• Completing a psychosocial assessment on suspected child abuse/neglect patients within 24 hours of identification or suspicion or prior to discharge (for PICU coverage).
• Developing a preliminary case service plan with the parent(s) or primary caretaker(s) within three working days of admission to the PICU, including assessment of significant family stress factors, environmental factors, mental health factors, and other psychosocial factors, and how these factors will be addressed.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program available for qualifying positions.
• Highly competitive pay structure.
• Premium pay structure for every shift: Base rate paid for the first 8 hours of work in a day, 1.5x overtime pay for hours 8–12 worked in a workday, 2x double-time pay for any hours beyond 12 in a workday.

What This Job Offers

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