Social Worker, Pedi-focused Clinician, Spanish-speaking, BWH
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Job Location:
Jamaica Plain, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 70990 - 101202
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
FULL TIME / 40 HOURS/ JAMAICA PLAIN - BOSTON MA
BILINGUAL SPANISH
Excellent benefits include: Generous Paid Time Off matched 403B Pension/Cash Balance Account Continuing Education reimbursement Medical/ Dental Public Transit Subsidy and much more!
Convenient location in Jamaica Plain
LICSW
Pay range minimum is $92227.
SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE for eligible Non-MGB employees:
$10000 FOR LICSW Please ask about the details!
Job Summary
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions with a predominantly (but not exclusive to) pediatric panel of patients. They are dedicated to patient and family-centered care that values personal self-determination skilled at managing multiple priorities at once and engaging in creative compassionate and ethical problem-solving. As a member of a multidisciplinary health team they provide short-term clinical therapy perform comprehensive assessments and develop treatment plans that integrate the medical social and resource issues that impact individual patients families and at-risk populations. Social Workers are responsible for working collaboratively with all healthcare team members to develop and implement treatment plans that support patient-centered plan of care for both individual patients and the medical community.Does this position require Patient Care Yes
Essential Functions
- Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social emotional interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
-Formulates biopsychosocial assessment disposition and treatment plans.
-Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients medical or physical condition and to assess client needs as part of the interdisciplinary team.
-Monitor evaluate and record client progress according to measurable goals described in the treatment and care plan
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates proficient clinical judgment and application of professional values and ethics. Integration of prior clinical experience into current practice.
- Demonstrates proficiency to formulate assessment of risks crisis intervention psychosocial assessments treatment plans and the documentation of both in a timely manner.
- Demonstrates sound clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Demonstrates proficient working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately.
- Provides a range of evidence-based interventions.
- Ability to advocate coordinate and continuously communicate with treatment plans with patients family and the interdisciplinary team.
- Incorporates social sensitivity.
- If appropriate utilizes supervision and consultation regularly and appropriately.
- Actively seeks assistance with complex cases and situations in a timely manner.
- Engages in quality improvement projects uses data to measure progress.
- Facilitate skill-based groups.
- Knowledge understanding and ability to negotiate and work in a complex organization.
- Demonstrate capacity to effectively communicate findings with a broader audience.
-Adheres to policy and patient safety protocol for session documentation and follow-up
-Demonstrates ability to take initiative operates calmly when responding to patient crises/dysregulation and collaborates productively across departments in advocacy of the patient.
-Establishes and maintains appropriate patient-therapist boundaries for safe effective and efficient clinical work.
About Brookside Community Health Center:
Brookside is a licensed Community Health Center of Brigham and Womens Hospital and provides multi-disciplinary comprehensive care with services in a range of medical areas including Adult Family and Pediatric Primary Care OB/GYN Family Planning Dental/Oral Surgery Nutrition/WIC Behavioral Health and Specialty Medicine (Cardiology Pulmonology and Nephrology).
Brookside also has phlebotomy financial counseling and community resource specialists onsite. Each year more than 12000 patients from Jamaica Plain the city of Boston and surrounding areas use these services producing more than 69000 visits to Brookside each year.
Most of Brooksides patient population are Spanish-speaking and socioeconomically under-resourced. The health centers services guided by equity are provided by a bilingual English/Spanish medical and professional staff.
Brookside is a teaching site for Harvard Medical School Mass General Institute of Health Professionals School of Nursing Harvard Dental School Boston University Dental School as well as other Boston area health care professional programs.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master of Social Work Degree (MSW) or Master of Counseling/Psychology/Related field from an accredited program from an accredited program required.
Licensure: Requires current Massachusetts Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) or current Massachusetts Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
Language: Native or near-native fluency in Spanish preferred
SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
Demonstrated flexibility autonomy and capacity for necessary decision-making.
Extensive knowledge of current social work theory and to conceptualize interpret and discriminately apply theory to practice.
Good clinical skills in assessment crisis intervention and evidence-based behavioral health treatment.
Ability to make appropriate decisions under pressure to exercise good judgment and to take initiative and to meet established productivity standards.
Sensitivity to a variety of cultures beliefs sexual orientation and lifestyle.
Evidence of excellent patient interaction and staff collaboration skills.
Ability to communicate well both orally and in writing. Good planning and organizational skills.
Highly developed interpersonal skills to interact effectively with multidisciplinary team members both at the health center and with the larger community resources and to interact with patients and their families.
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$70990.40 - $101202.40/AnnualGrade
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