Social Worker (PART-TIME)

About the role

Join our team in Orlando, Florida as a Part-Time Social Worker (MSW), serving as a key member of the dialysis care team. You will provide psychosocial support and care coordination to help patients and families navigate the lifelong challenges associated with kidney disease and dialysis treatment.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychosocial services to patients admitted to Nemours Children’s Hospital, addressing psychosocial needs and enhancing overall well-being.
• Facilitate patient and family adjustment to illness, ensuring optimal functioning for both individuals and families.
• Offer compassionate and evidence-based psychosocial support to children with various diagnoses, including medical illness, ADHD, depression, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorders.
• Assist families in navigating the healthcare system and link them with tailored services to meet their unique needs.
• Apply age-specific principles of growth and development in practice.
• Collaborate with all members of the healthcare team, fostering effective communication and teamwork.
• Provide psychosocial assessments, intervention, coordination, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of patients and their families’ biopsychosocial situations.
• Establish clear goals and periodically re-assess the patient/family situation.
• Document thorough psychosocial assessments and histories for patients and families.
• Provide timely crisis intervention services, including cases involving domestic violence, psychiatric emergencies, child abuse, and family disputes.
• Assess patient mental health needs and refer for counseling and psychiatry as needed (both internally and to external community providers).
• Perform admission screenings and psychosocial assessments.
• Offer case management, medical crisis counseling, patient/family education, advocacy, residential placement, community referral facilitation, crisis intervention, and mental health evaluation.
• Assist with the assessment and coordination of child abuse investigations within the hospital.
• In collaboration with the medical team, manage domestic violence situations.
• Assess social barriers to discharge, work collaboratively with case management, participate in rounds, and escalate complex cases to avoid discharge delays.
• If on-call, promptly respond to events and service requests within 5 minutes of receiving a phone call and remain within a 30-minute drive of the hospital.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is required.
• Minimum one (1) year of social work experience required; 3+ years is preferred. (In lieu of one year of experience, graduate school internship may be applied).

Benefits

• Competitive base compensation in the top quartile of the market.
• Annual incentive compensation that values clinical activity, academic accomplishments, and quality improvement.
• Comprehensive benefits: health, life, dental, vision.
• 403B with employer match.
• Licensure, CME, and dues allowance.
• Not-for-profit status; eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• No state income tax for those living and working in Florida; moderate tax structure for those based in Delaware.

About Us

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships. Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive. Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.