Social Worker LCSW

CHOC • Commerce Tower, FL

7d • $86,258 - $142,334 • Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Clinical Social Worker I is responsible for the delivery of social services through a collaborative process, including the patient and family, ancillary care, providers, and the community. The goal of the Social Worker is to maximize the ability of the patient and family to achieve optimal health and behavioral health outcomes. Social Workers assess the patient and family, advocate within the health system, providing education and counseling, and link patients and families to community resources to meet their needs; contributes to the overall quality of the department through program development, mentoring, and/or quality improvement activities. This is a promotional position.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.
• Minimum three years of experience in a health/behavioral health care setting or social service setting serving children and families.
• Clinical supervision experience.
• Working knowledge of and training in mental health, interpersonal violence, child welfare, motivational interviewing, and trauma informed care.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure due to changing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, including conflict resolution, problem solving, negotiation skills, and teamwork.
• Clinical knowledge of developmental stages, behavioral health, counseling techniques, and care planning.
• Strong cultural humility.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to work independently.
• Exercises sound judgment and excellent social work ethics in interactions with physicians, patients and their families.
• Knowledge and skills necessary to communicate with internal and outside resources and agencies and facilitate connections to services.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
• RQI Responder – American Heart Association (within six (6) months of hire/transfer).

Nice To Haves

• Three years of experience in a pediatric hospital.
• Bilingual in Spanish/Vietnamese.
• ACM or CCM.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of social services through a collaborative process, including the patient and family, ancillary care, providers, and the community.
• Maximize the ability of the patient and family to achieve optimal health and behavioral health outcomes.
• Assess the patient and family.
• Advocate within the health system.
• Provide education and counseling.
• Link patients and families to community resources to meet their needs.
• Contribute to the overall quality of the department through program development, mentoring, and/or quality improvement activities.

Benefits

• CHOC’s compensation structure, benefits offerings, and career development programs are geared to helping you achieve your professional and personal goals.

What This Job Offers

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