Licensed Clinical Social Worker
About The Position
At Playground Pediatrics, the purpose is to give every child what they need to grow up healthy, cared for, and celebrated. The organization aims to strengthen pediatric care and support within the communities it serves. The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) joins a remote behavioral health team and serves pediatric patients—children and adolescents—in North Carolina and other states. The clinician provides high-quality therapeutic care for a range of behavioral and mental health conditions, managing both short-term episodic care and ongoing longitudinal therapy relationships. Care is delivered through telehealth, with coordination across patients’ primary care teams to develop comprehensive, individualized treatment plans. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week role with a 9:00 AM–6:00 PM schedule designed to accommodate after-school patient availability. The role is hybrid remote in Tennessee and requires the ability to attend occasional in-person care or meetings at the Cookeville, Tennessee location, as well as quarterly travel.
Requirements
- Active, unrestricted LCSW license in Tennessee, or ability to obtain Tennessee licensure or reciprocity before starting.
- Master’s degree in social work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited program.
- At least 2 years of post-licensure clinical experience providing therapy to children and/or adolescents.
- Experience conducting psychosocial assessments and developing individualized treatment plans for pediatric populations.
- Experience with evidence-based therapy modalities such as child-focused CBT, PCIT, and/or play therapy.
- Strong understanding of child and adolescent development and family systems.
- Comfort and proficiency delivering care via telehealth platforms.
- Excellent clinical documentation skills and familiarity with EHR systems.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with multidisciplinary care teams and family caregivers.
- Reliable high-speed internet and a private, HIPAA-compliant home workspace suitable for telehealth sessions.
Nice To Haves
- Multi-state licensure through the PSYPACT/PSYPACT-style compact or additional states is a plus, as stated in the posting as “PSW Compact.”
- Experience working within an integrated or collaborative care model, such as alongside pediatricians or psychiatrists.
- Bilingual Spanish/English skills.
- Prior experience in a telehealth-first or virtual-care organization.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual, episodic, and longitudinal psychotherapy to pediatric patients with behavioral health conditions, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, adjustment disorders, trauma, and disruptive behavior concerns.
- Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and develop individualized, measurement-based treatment plans in collaboration with patients, families or caregivers, and the broader care team, including Primary Care Providers and Care Managers.
- Deliver developmentally appropriate therapy using evidence-based modalities such as CBT, DBT-informed skills, play therapy techniques, and family systems approaches.
- Manage a mixed caseload of short-term episodic care, including crisis stabilization and brief solution-focused interventions, and longer-term therapeutic relationships requiring ongoing planning and monitoring.
- Engage parents and caregivers in treatment through psychoeducation and coaching to support progress outside sessions.
- Coordinate care with Primary Care Providers, Care Managers, psychiatrists, schools, and other providers to support continuity and a whole-child approach.
- Maintain timely, accurate, and clinically sound EHR documentation in compliance with regulatory, payer, and organizational standards.
- Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans accordingly.
- Identify and respond appropriately to safety concerns, including suicidal ideation, self-harm, and abuse or neglect, following organizational protocols and mandatory reporting requirements.
- Stay current on pediatric behavioral health best practices and meet continuing education requirements for licensure.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned to support the practice and organization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
