Clinical Social Worker (C)

Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC) operated by the Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking an experienced, compassionate and licensed Clinical Social Worker to coordinate, monitor, develop and implement comprehensive treatment plans for a diverse child/adolescent patient population.

The Clinical Social Worker reviews treatment outcomes and provides communication with state and local agencies to ensure program implementation.  The incumbent will also supervise interns and assess competency levels of patients while providing patient and family therapy.  
 

 The schedule will be 40 hours, M-F, 8:00-4:30. 

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive)

·         Assesses competency levels of pediatric patients (18-22 years old) to determine need for guardianship.

·         Performs pre-admission evaluation and assessment of patient appropriateness for admission, making recommendations to the Admission Committee.

·         Meets with family of each new patient, obtains a complete psycho-social history which is placed in the patient’s medical record.

·         Monitors and evaluates the progress of patients receiving services through on-site visits; Interacts with service providers to determine if placements are appropriate to the patients’ needs.

·         Conducts group therapy or individual counseling with patients and families to assist in developing coping mechanisms regarding physical disabilities and relationship issues.

·         Develops, implements, and modifies appropriate long- and short-term treatment/intervention programs for school-aged, adolescent, and young adult populations with physical disabilities.

·         Liaises with various public and private agencies, organizations, and officials in order to exchange information and improve services and placement opportunities for patients.

·         Supervises case worker experiences of clinical social worker (master’s level) intern and evaluate progress at end of clinical internship.

·         Provides documentation in medical records and social services records of pre-evaluation goals of admission, discharge planning, home visits and psycho-social history as required by DPH and JCAHO.

·         Serves as the interdisciplinary teams’ liaison to designated family member/surrogate decision maker to maintain easy and open communication.

·         Coordinates and implements social skills psychol-educational programming groups for young adult hospital patients preparing to transition to the community.

·         Assist patients and families in discharge planning for patient to ensure smooth transition in the community upon discharge.

Required Qualifications

·         Knowledge of principles and methods of social casework, group work and community organizations.

·         Familiarity with the theories, principles and practices of psychotherapy, including counseling and interview techniques.

·         Ability to make decisions, act quickly and maintain a calm manner in a stressful and/or emergency situations.

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