Licensed Clinical Social Worker

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A Brief Overview

TiPS is a Pennsylvania HealthChoices program designed to increase the availability of child psychiatry consultation teams, regionally and by phone, to primary care providers (PCPs) and other prescribers of psychotropic medications. The program is available for children insured by Pennsylvania’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Program.

The LCSW represents CHOP DCAPBS to the public as a "point of first contact" to families seeking behavioral health services. This person will coordinate the intake and triage functions for new patients who have requested evaluation and/or care from The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at CHOP. They will interview families, evaluate presenting problems, assess for safety and acuity, determine care level needed, schedule initial assessments, and provide care coordination. This person should be able to work independently and in collaboration with clinicians and administrative staff within the department to ensure all aspects of the intake process are completed, including but not limited to gathering chief complaint and all pertinent medical, social, and family information, obtaining health insurance verification, and communicating with referral sources to assist in determining the level of acuity and scheduling patient within the most appropriate clinical program.

Provide professional mental health treatment to patients and families, utilizing recognized best practice interventions. These core services include assessment of psychosocial functioning and capacities, ability to complete a mental status examination, ability to diagnose mental health conditions, and provide treatment recommendations. Provide a variety of therapies to address mental health diagnoses that affect children and their families. Collaborate with many disciplines, programs, departments, and organizations in the accomplishment of these duties. Must be able to provide supervision to developing mental health providers in the treatment of children and their families, including training and direct supervision of Fellows. Also, provide clinical care to the Behavioral Health Integrated Program when appropriate on an as-needed basis.

What you will do

Professional Practice

• Answer TiPS phone line and obtain patient and consultation question information and route for appropriate services/provider

• Be knowledgeable of local behavioral health resources and work with the care coordinator to match a specific youth/family with the most appropriate and available community resource.

• Provide Care Coordination services by working directly with patients/families to get them connected to local behavioral health services, and coordinating with Primary Care Clinicians

• Assesses, plans, and implements professional interventions based upon knowledge of social work practice, human behavior, and the social environment, as well as child and family development and functioning. Interventions are directed to the requirements of patients and their families around illness and disease, hospitalization, and any continuing care that may be required over time.
• Performs psychosocial assessment with patients and/or family.
• Intervenes/treats patient and/or family based on the psychosocial assessment providing age and developmentally-appropriate counseling, treatment, and resources as indicated.
• Encourages and utilizes feedback from patients, families, and other staff to improve professional services. Evaluate the effectiveness of professional services and redefine goals or modalities as indicated. Organizes individual workload and sets priorities based on pa