Pediatric Trauma Social Worker

Healing from the Start Program

Levine Children’s Brenner Children’s Hospital makes a lasting impact on children and families recovering from trauma. As a Pediatric Trauma Social Worker, you will provide trauma-informed behavioral health services, psychosocial assessment, counseling, care coordination, and discharge planning for infants and young children (birth–5 years) and their caregivers. Working alongside pediatric trauma, child abuse pediatrics, care coordination, and community partners, you will help promote healing, family safety, and long-term recovery.

Education & Experience

• Master of Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited program.
• Minimum three (3) years of clinical social work experience in a mental health setting.
• Experience with clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning required.
• Experience with clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning required.
• Healthcare, pediatric, trauma, or behavioral health experience preferred.

License, Certification and/or Registration

• Current Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor licensure in North Carolina.
• Must maintain licensure requirements throughout employment.

Essential Functions

• Complete psychosocial assessments to identify emotional, social, behavioral, and environmental needs.
• Provide trauma-informed assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, and family support services.
• Develop and implement individualized psychosocial treatment plans.
• Facilitate family meetings and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to support treatment and discharge planning.
• Coordinate behavioral health referrals, community resources, and follow-up care.
• Support caregiver stabilization, infant mental health, family safety, and early relational healing.
• Advocate for patients and families while navigating healthcare, community, and behavioral health systems.
• Document assessments, interventions, and care plans in the electronic medical record (EMR).

Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and behavioral health treatment practices.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed care and family-centered services.
• Excellent communication, counseling, and crisis intervention skills.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with patients, families, providers, and community partners.
• Strong organizational, documentation, and care coordination skills.
• Proficiency with EMR systems and standard computer applications.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of community mental health resources and systems of care.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

Benefits and More

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.