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Shift: 8pm - 8am, rotating days which will include weekends

General Purpose of Job:

Provided by a trained and licensed professional, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker reports to the Director of Clinical Practice and Therapeutic Arts. As a direct care provider, will provide a wide range of services to include; emotional support, supportive, goal directed, and therapeutic counseling, education, screening, assessment of patient and family needs, treatment planning, safety planning, and referral to community resources as they address the social and emotional aspects of a patient’s illness and the impact of illness on the patient and family. They also assist Nursing, Physicians, and Case Managers in discharge planning / coordination of care and work with outside agencies to ensure appropriate continuity of care. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:                                           

Hospital Specific

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.

• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.

• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 
• Follows The Driscoll Way customer service standards set forth by the Hospital. 

• Maintains annual education requirements (Cornerstone).

Administrative

• Provides peer support.
• Provides opportunities for process and debriefing support for issues such as grief, conflict, and interaction with families.
• Provides advanced practice clinical supervision (LCSW-S).
• Develops and participates in the training (precepting) of new employees, supervision of Social Work students, and cross training of Social Workers.  
• Participates in Social Work and other departmental staff meetings.
• Ensures services are faithful to updated standards of practice / best practice. 
• Liaison with local Social Work schools. Onboards new students and ensures student exposure meets assigned learning plans.
• Special Projects as assigned.

Department Specific

• Serves as a resource for other departments.
• Maintains and follows specialty specific Code of Conduct set forth by licensing board.
• Responsible for professional supervision and continuing education to maintain state licensure.
• Travels to ambulatory clinics and the main hospital campus for education, and meetings as requested.
• Participates in Chart Audits for quality assurance.
• Participates in the review and revision of community resource lists.
• Participates in periodic review and revision of policy and procedures.

Patient Care

• Responds to Physician orders and Nursing functional screening requests timely.

• Makes daily rounds in assigned unit(s).

• Proactively screen for high risk; determine need for/eligibility for services; identify strengths/coping capabilities; and assess informal and formal network of support through psychosocial assessment.  

• Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessment, evaluation, treatment planning, education, and discharge planning to support identified or potential barriers to care related to social support limitations, lack of understanding, complex medical concerns, mental health and substance abuse issues, family violence, emotional stability, and behavioral risks.
• Assists family in understanding medical and treatment information.
• Provides mediation and crisis intervention for families in a supportive environment for discussing problematic behavior or familial discord to ensure safety and following of medical directives.
• Provides supportive end of life care that may include assessment, advocacy, grief and crisis counseling, resource counseling (alternate level of care to include home care and hospice, financial and legal needs, advance directive planning, and information and referral for funeral assistance), memory packets, and team care planning.

• Assists families with resources for basic needs such as transportation, lodging, and meals.

• Coordinates and participates in discharge planning activities to include…
• information and referral to community resources
• follow-up care needs
• secure needed equipment, supplies, and services
• planning for and arrangement of appropriate school services for patients (homebound and/or information on accommodations for students with disabilities for 504 plan).   
• Upon suspicion/confirmation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child, elderly, or disabled person…
• notifies appropriate agency (Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services and/or Law Enforcement agency).
• serves as the liaison between the hospital and agency for appropriate discharge planning
• Completes timely documentation in the medical record of contact with patients and families in note and/or doc-flow form as appropriate.
• Plans, coordinates, and attends team and family conferences and actively participates as an advocate in the review and planning of patient care.
• Provides supportive counseling and ongoing emotional support for long-term patients and their families.
• Provides consultation to physicians and hospital staff in regards to psychosocial issues, bioethical issues, and discharge planning bioethical issues, and discharge planning.

Clinical Services

• In addition to the above duties, will ensure clinical services are provide as appropriate.

• Include diagnosis and expanded treatment planning to bio-psychosocial assessments as appropriate
• Expand counseling services provided to patients and their families to include utilization of brief, therapeutic, and supportive interventions
• Enhance mental health screening, assessment, and support
  • Administration of mental health screening tools; i.e.; Edinburgh, PHQ-9, GAD, Columbia- Suicide Severity Scale (C- SSRS), CRAFFT, etc.
  • Inclusion of preliminary diagnosis and safety planning to mental health assessments
  • Provision of therapeutic interventions and treatment strategies to include, but not limited to; motivational interviewing, treatment engagement, crisis intervention and intensive crisis stabilization, brief and solution focused therapy, and safety planning.

Community

• Plans and facilitates support groups for patients, parents, and families.

• Serves as a liaison and advocate with community programs and agencies related to health, social welfare, and community supports.  
• Provides presentations and in-services to school personnel, students, and the community as requested.
• Works with staff from outside agencies to ensure quality care along the continuum.
• Testifies in court regarding child abuse and/or neglect.

Education / Experience:

Master’s Degree in Social Work required.

AND

• 3 years’ experience in the healthcare field or relevant clinic areas preferred.
• Pediatric experience- preferred.
• Bilingual skills (Spanish)- preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations.

Licensure by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners. LMSW, or LCSW, or LCSW-S