Social Worker - TCP East

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

14h

About The Position

The Social Worker provides pediatric social work services to help patients and families adapt to illness and access health care and community resources. The role delivers developmentally appropriate, family-centered support to promote continuity of care and positive outcomes. The position is part of Texas Children’s Pediatrics, a primary pediatric care network serving children across the greater Houston area, including through its Community Cares Program.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work.
A Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council-issued Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Master Social Worker, or Licensed Master Social Worker Advanced Practice license.
Previous health care employment, a health care specialization in schooling, or a health care fieldwork practicum.

Responsibilities

Conduct psychosocial screenings and assessments to identify patient and family social, emotional, developmental, educational, environmental, financial, and health care needs.
Analyze assessment findings to identify psychosocial concerns, available resources, and health education needs.
Develop, implement, evaluate, and update individualized social work care plans with patients, families, and providers.
Support continuity of care and transition planning based on patients’ developmental needs, medical histories, and psychosocial circumstances.
Identify appropriate community resources and assess patient and family understanding of referral information and access needs.
Coordinate referrals and services with patients, families, providers, and community agencies to support access to financial assistance, health care, public assistance, protective services, educational services, and other resources.
Collaborate with providers to address psychosocial needs and incorporate relevant information into patient care plans.
Provide focused counseling, including anticipatory guidance, supportive counseling, adjustment-to-illness counseling, crisis intervention, and grief counseling.
Refer patients and families to therapeutic counseling and other appropriate services as needed.
Document assessments, care plans, referrals, counseling, patient progress, and outcomes in the medical record.
Participate in quality-improvement and practice-improvement initiatives.
Maintain professional knowledge through continuing education, professional literature, community outreach, presentations, and student supervision.