Social Worker I

Arkansas Children's Hospital Northwest•Little Rock, AR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides competent, quality Social Work services to patients and their families, functioning as an independent practitioner. The role requires working under stressful conditions, demonstrating assertiveness, and collaborating effectively with others. Clinically, the position involves performing quality assessments, understanding family systems, utilizing effective communication techniques, and maintaining flexibility in job responsibilities. The Social Worker will provide thorough clinical assessments using a biopsychosocial model, communicate patient needs with team members, and offer professional social work assistance related to illness, hospitalization, and other identified issues. This includes documenting barriers to compliance, patient/family understanding of conditions, emotional needs, and community/family resources, as well as devising and implementing therapeutic interventions and plans. The role also involves documenting reassessments, transitioning cases appropriately, updating documentation when plans change, maintaining a 70% direct patient contact ratio, providing continuity of care, actively participating in problem-solving, and seeking opportunities to improve social determinants of care. The position is designated as safety sensitive and cannot be filled by a current user of medical marijuana. Arkansas Children's is a tobacco-free workplace, and flu vaccines are required.

Requirements

Master's Degree
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) - Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board
Ability to function as an independent practitioner
Ability to work under stressful conditions
Demonstrate assertiveness skills
Ability to work well with others
Ability to perform quality assessments
Knowledge of family systems
Demonstrate effective communication techniques
Flexibility in job responsibilities
Must be able to perform quality assessments
Must have knowledge of family systems
Must demonstrate effective communication techniques
Must be flexible in job responsibilities

Nice To Haves

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board

Responsibilities

Provides thorough clinical assessments using a biopsychosocial model to determine the needs of AC's diverse, multicultural population.
Communicates patient's situation and problems (including age appropriate language, cultural, religious needs/issues) with other team members.
Provides professional social work assistance to patients and families as related to illness, hospitalization, and other issues identified working with other health team members, families and outside agencies.
Makes independent assessments by utilizing information available; documents assessments according to department guidelines. As a LMSW, consults with LCSW on cases with a safety component.
Documents barriers to compliance or treatment recommendations, current status of patient and family's knowledge regarding medical or psychiatric condition, emotional needs and community/family resources.
Devises and implements appropriate therapeutic interventions and plans for patients and families that are comprehensive and outcome focused.
Documents continued reassessment of provision of social work services if plan indicates ongoing social work follow-up.
Transitions cases appropriately (including arranging for follow-up of identified social issues and indicates in documentation of appropriate plans if needed).
Updates documentation when plan changes.
Maintains a 70% direct patient contact ratio in order to establish rapport with the patient and family.
Provides continuity of care regardless of shift parameters until appropriate transition can occur.
Actively participates in problem solving strategies related to patient care.
Seeks opportunities to improve positive social determinants of care withn and outside the Social Work Department.
Performs other duties as assigned.