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Job Summary
Starting rate LCSW $68,224 & LICSW $92,227, Sign on bonus for non MGB employees $5,000 (LICSW/LMHC)
Embedded within one of MGBfC’s pediatric primary care clinics, the Clinical Social Worker Senior works as a member of the multidisciplinary care team to provide clinical care coordination; assessment, brief interventions, and referral to treatment for acute or emergent behavioral health needs, and provides short-to-medium term therapy to patients ages 4-21 with clinical mental health conditions including but not exclusive of anxiety, depression, ADHD, behavioral dysregulation, and other mood-related conditions.
The Clinical Social Worker Senior conducts psychosocial assessments, provides clinical services to pediatric patients that address psychosocial, environmental, age specific and cultural issues to maximize emotional, social and physical wellbeing and the effective/efficient use of health care and community resources. Available to Pediatricians for consultations and acute assessments during routine clinic encounters.
The Clinical Social Worker Senior provides clinical supervision to a limited number of LCSW colleagues and/or MSW student interns.
Prior clinical experience and training with children, adolescents, and young as well as CBT preferred. Works effectively as part of an interdisciplinary health care team and is comfortable referring to and collaborating with interdepartmental specialists and programs, outside agencies, and other relevant community resources.
What you will do
- Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social, emotional, interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
- Formulates biopsychosocial assessment, disposition and treatment plans.
- Provides short- and medium- term, evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and youth ages 4-21, parents, and families.
- Provides mandated assessments when abuse is suspected (child, disabled adult, elder) and specialized safety assessment when violence is suspected.
- Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
- May provide clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff).
Education Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Social Work required or
- Master's Degree in Mental Health & Behavioral Medicine required
Experience Qualifications
- Clinical experience in medical setting 0-1 year required for LCSW
- Clinical Experience in a medical setting 2-3 years required for LICSW
- Related experience 3-5 years required and Demonstrated experience working successfully with people of various backgrounds and lifestyles in a manner that engages ongoing self-reflection and continual learning required and Experience negotiating, advocating, and navigating systems required for LMHC
Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates a mastery of a range of specialized clinical diagnoses and interventions.
- Conducts clinically competent complex and high-risk assessments, treatment plans and interventions.
- Demonstrates mastery in problem solving abilities, conflict resolution, efficiency, and communication skills.
- Formulates advanced psychosocial assessments and treatment plans.
- Supports other staff in developing assessments and plans in complex cases.
- Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients.
- Demonstrates advanced working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
- Demonstrate ability to identify problems in order of urgency and initiate treatment plans towards timely solutions and appropriate time management skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to articulate SW clinical perspective in team meetings, effectively collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to comprehensively problem solve and optimize a plan of care.
- Escalates to Social Work leadership all operational issues and high risk and complex cases.
- Seeks opportunities in the department and hospital or may be asked by SW leadership to participate in initiatives, projects, quality reviews, and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level.
- Creates content for skill-based groups.
Licenses and Certifications
LCSW, LICSW or LMHC
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Hybrid
165 Cambridge Street
Pay Range
$68,224.00 - $103,230.40/Annual
Grade
7
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