Social Work Clinical Leader – Cerebral Palsy Program

Responsibilities

• Assessment & intervention for barriers to care, acute safety concerns, transition-to-adulthood planning, patient and family coping/stress, and general support as families navigate the healthcare and community systems.
• Active member of the CP Leadership Team, supporting Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives and program development.
• Direct supervision to other social workers within the department and contributes to SW department leadership initiatives.

Requirements

• MSW, required.
• LISW, required.
• LISW-S, preferred.

Qualifications

Models and leads the Clinical Medical Social Worker within the interdisciplinary team to improve or maintain social, emotional, functional, and physical health of patients and families.

Ensures ethical and sound decision-making, appropriate documentation, and appropriate interpersonal communication of the social workers for whom they are responsible.

Collaborates with Clinical Medical Social Work leadership, internal stakeholders and other affiliated teams in the development, implementation, and evaluation of Clinical Medical Social Work services.

Skills

(not specified)

Experience

(not specified)

Physical Requirements

• Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Driving motor vehicles (work required)
• Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Loud Noises, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs
• Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking
• Audible speech, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near

Additional Physical Requirements

(not specified)