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Summary:
We are searching for a Social Worker—someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. You’ll develop, plan, and deliver pediatric social work services to assist patients and families in making psychosocial adaptations to illness, and utilize health care and community resources optimally.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Responsibilities :
Facilitates patients/families use of community resources
Actively participates in providers’ conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of the patients/families and to provide psychosocial information pertinent to formulating care plans
Delivers appropriate, focused patient/family counseling in accordance with the patient’s/family’s right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality
Utilizes quality improvement process to identify improvement opportunities and establish/assess/evaluate programs and services and their outcomes
Educates self by reading professional literature and attending staff development and continuing education program as evidenced by attendance and CEU records
Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients’ social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational/vocational, environmental, financial and health situations, within authorization periods, as required for patient care and/or treatment/transitional planning
Develops, implements and/or updates comprehensive pediatric social work care plans
Qualifications:
Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work
Licensure as Social Worker in the State of Texas
Previous employment in health care, a health care specialization in schooling or a field work practicum in health care preferred
Ability to create a thorough psychosocial assessment and develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
Ability to conceptualize the psychosocial needs presented by the assigned patient population, to intervene with patient/family behavior, to coordinate community resources and to handle crisis and complex psychosocial situations
Ability to handle grief
Demonstrate initiative, good judgment and problem-solving skills
Ability to demonstrate excellent professional listening and communication skills
Thank you for your interest in applying for this job position.
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