Social Worker

University of Miami•Miami, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Pediatrics has an exciting opportunity for a full time Social Worker to work in Miami, FL. The Social Worker provides psychosocial assessments, intervention, and/or treatment and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation and meet the continuing needs of patients post hospitalization.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in human services field, Psychology, Social Work or Nursing
Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.
Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.
Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

Master's preferred.
At least two years of post-bachelor experience working with children and families preferred, one year of which must be working with abused and neglected children.

Responsibilities

Interviews clients and their families and coordinates programs and activities to meet their social and emotional needs.
Provides crisis intervention and assists families in understanding the implications and complexities of the medical situation and its impact on lifestyle.
Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental problems.
Formulates and implements plans utilizing appropriate social work interventions.
Collaborates with the healthcare team and involves the patients and families in the development and implementation of plans.
Assists with the screening, identification, and management of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and rape.
Makes referrals and serves as a resource for the healthcare team and serves as a patient advocate.
Maintains a working knowledge of relevant medical and legal issues and preserves records and statistics.
Attends and participates in staff, committee, department, and other administrative meetings.
Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
Crisis intervention, forensic and specialized interviewing, report writing, case management, coordination of medical services, public speaking, training, and utilization and coordination of community resources.
Serves both the Department of Children and Families/law enforcement cases as well as non-custodial cases (VOCA).
Interview alleged child maltreatment victims and family members to obtain medical and psychosocial information as well as provide crisis intervention as needed.
Available for 24-hour on-call rotation for consultation and/or to provide crisis intervention for suspected child abuse or neglect.
Provide Specialized/Forensic interviews and psychosocial evaluations to eligible children and families and send reports within the time frames consistent with program requirements and best practice.
Receive and process referrals and consultations from outside sources according to organizational policies and procedures.
Assistance with Victim Compensation to clients.
Review abuse reports received and triage to provide necessary and timely services.
Complete the required data collection forms and submit accurately and on time.
Arrange for and conduct team staffings and participate in the development of the recommendations.
Participate in case review and peer review.
Provide depositions and court testimony.
Maintain client records.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Remain current on child maltreatment literature and participate in 8 hours of child maltreatment training annually as required.