Social Worker (Perinatal Program)

Responsibilities

• Perinatal psychosocial assessment and support of patient/family coping skills and medical decision making
• Protective services including assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect
• Crisis Intervention and Behavioral Health Assessment in the perinatal setting
• Linkage to community resources for expectant families
• Conduct comprehensive assessments for maternal safety, patient resources, risk and mental health for patients referred by MFM staff
• Aid patients with transportation, local housing and relocation needs if their unborn baby requires neonatal care at NCH
• Champion universal perinatal mental health screening services for expectant patients and partners
• Participate in identified Maternal Fetal Medicine consults and ongoing psychosocial support for MFM patients
• Provide individual therapy and clinical guidance within the perinatal mental health scope of care
• Serve a collaborative role in weekly patient reviews, identification and discussion of high risk psychosocial patients and care planning
• Bridge transition of psychosocial care between the antenatal and postnatal environment and to referring physicians to facilitate warm family handoff
• Document social work notes in the patient medical record according to Social Work Department policy
• Coordinate safe and sustainable discharge needs of patients in an efficient, effective, and timely manner while including the family in the process
• Work with patient care coordinators to assist in family resources on referral to the center
• Help families apply for Social Security Disability and Disabled Children’s Medicaid (state-specific)
• Connect families with financial resources for utilities, phone bills, water, heat, and oil
• Provide training, supervision, modeling, clinical support, coaching, and feedback to social work students and volunteers
• May precept newly hired social workers
• Attend patient care unit and/or medical division rounds in accordance with team expectations and provide inpatient admission screening on assigned patient care unit

Requirements

• Masters Degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• Minimum 2 (two) years of post-masters experience required
• Active LMSW, LSW or LCSW required
• Graduate school internship may be applied to job-related experience at the discretion of the Director
• Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) preferred

Qualifications

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
Those living and working in Florida, enjoy the benefit of no state income tax. Those based in Delaware benefit from the state's moderate tax structure.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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