Psychiatric Social Worker ED / PRN

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago•Chicago, IL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to children and their families, assisting patients and families with understanding and adhering to treatment plans, linking patients and families to community agencies and services and protective services for patients and families at risk. The role involves independently performing comprehensive diagnostic evaluations of children, providing individual, family, and group therapy, and collaborating with team members across the continuum. Responsibilities also include completing case management duties, providing clinical supervision to designated personnel, participating in various meetings, and maintaining thorough clinical documentation. The social worker will address the psychosocial/spiritual/developmental/cultural needs of the child and family throughout the continuum of care, adhering to service principles with a focus on innovation, service excellence, and teamwork.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work from university approved by the council for social work education is required.
LCSW required.
Consideration will be provided to qualitied LSW candidates who are within 3-6 months of obtaining LCSW Illinois licensure.
Minimum of two (2) years of work experience or internship completion in a health care, child welfare or mental health setting is required.
Experience working with children and families.
Ability to think proactively, acts creatively, and takes initiative appropriately.
Excellent communication, critical-thinking, and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work as a part of multiple teams.
Basic Life Support Certification required.

Responsibilities

Independently Performs comprehensive diagnostic evaluations of children identifying special developmental needs.
Provides individual, family and group therapy to children and families per program.
Collaborates and provides clinical consultation as needed with team members across the continuum, including intra- and inter-departmentally within the Hospital setting.
Provides individual, family and group therapy to children and families.
Links patients and families to community agencies and services and protective services for patients and families at risk.
Completes all case management duties of assigned cases including discharge planning, completion of the diagnostic evaluation and referrals to appropriate support services as needed.
Provides clinical supervision to designated personnel (trainees, staff, and interns) as assigned per program.
Participates in rounds, treatment meetings, patient care conferences, staffing, multidisciplinary case conferences, etc.
Maintains clinical documentation in a thorough and timely manner.
Addresses the psychosocial/spiritual/developmental/cultural needs of the child and family throughout the continuum of care.
Particularly collaborates closely with assigned team in addressing the social and emotional concerns of families served.
Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus of innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co-workers and others.
Other job functions as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
403(b) with a 5% employer match
Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup Childcare and Eldercare
Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities
Discount purchasing program