Social Worker

About the role

The GCH Pediatric Mobile Clinic Initiative Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team providing pediatric primary care services to patients in the community with the goal of connecting or re-connecting patients to a medical home. The Pediatric Social Worker is responsible for the provision of services to children and their families who receive care through the Pediatric Mobile Clinic. This includes psychosocial assessment of identified risks and needs, and supportive intervention(s) to enhance health outcomes and health care utilization. Strong written and verbal communication skills, flexibility, and comfort working in a changing clinical environment is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients identified in need of social work intervention
• Provide social work interventions and supportive counseling to address identified risks and SDOH
• Provide connections to behavioral health, health home, and other community-based services as indicated
• Provide or link families with needed resources such as housing, transportation, pharmacy, food, essential items, day care, legal, insurance and DHS
• Collaborate with schools, day care, behavioral health, child welfare, early intervention, home visiting programs and other community-based services as part of the care plan
• Collaborate with members of the health care team around matters related to patient care and enhancing outcomes as well as with other social workers at GCH to ensure continuity of SWK care between settings
• Identify and intervene around risk management issues, communicating these issues as needed, with the Pediatric Social Work Director or designee
• Manage all cases of suspected child abuse and neglect in collaboration with the health care team
• Document social work activity in the patient's medical record utilizing the pediatric, psychosocial assessment and progress notes per SWD policy
• Participate in activities of the Social Work Division including but not limited to staff meetings, designating time spent in the patients' medical record, following absence approval process, participating in professional development and completion of other Hospital or Division forms; Hospital and Division Mandatory in-service training programs, and UHS reviews
• May serve on a Division Committee
• May participate in teaching of medical, nursing and social work students/staff
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited school of social work required or equivalent combination of education and experience

Licenses and certifications

• LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure within 1-1/2 years required
• If duties are performed under OMH a minimum of a limited permit (not to exceed 1 year) or NYS Licensure upon hire required