Licensed Clinical Social Worker-PC

About the role

The LCSW Program Coordinator will perform professional social work service to patients and families with complex medical and related psychosocial needs in the ambulatory care setting while supervising and supporting MFP MSW social workers and MFP MSW student interns delivering team-based intervention services through the Medical-Financial Partnership Program.

Responsibilities

• Covers services delivered by the Medical-Financial Partnership Program – a Two-generation Economic And Social Support Intervention For Families
• Coordinates and facilitates services in prenatal, perinatal, pediatric, and family medicine care clinical settings
• Optimizes service delivery and minimizes gaps in care for families
• Supervises and supports MFP MSW team members and trainees
• Develops and strengthens key care team and community partnership relations, communications, and care linkages
• Oversees and supports Medical-Financial Partnership services across care settings and departments
• Provides direct clinical support for the Medical-Financial Partnership interdisciplinary program to promote relationship-centered care for expecting parents and parents of young children
• Collaborates with others in the broader interdisciplinary health care team and promotes prenatal, perinatal, and pediatric parent-child attachment and early relational health through delivery of services that address structural, economic, and social drivers of behavioral, mental, and overall health
• Assists in the collection of relevant clinical measures for patient care, program support, and evaluation
• Supports facilitation of Medical-Financial Partnership multi-disciplinary team conferences to discuss and evaluate clients’ progress, and to develop care coordination and care transition plans
• Promotes and maintains collaborative relationships to support service connections with various health care team members, including other social workers and providers in Los Angeles Department of Health Services Clinics where the Medical-Financial Partnership Program operates, and with service partner organizations and agencies in the community

Requirements

• A Master's Degree in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education including two years of clinical social work experience
• License: A valid and active license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences
• Active and valid Associate Clinical Social Worker registration must be maintained continuously until successful completion of the examination process for licensure as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker
• Registered Associate Clinical Social Workers must obtain licensure within six (6) years from the original date of registration with the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board of Behavioral Sciences
• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions
• At least 5 years Post-degree experience working in a multidisciplinary team within a integrated care and/or medical setting assessing psychosocial needs of patients and families
• At least 5 years Post-degree experience providing clinical social work services in prenatal, infant, family, and /or early childhood mental health settings and developing interventions/care plans
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with minimum supervision
• Spanish language fluency