Social Worker Pediatric Float
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
23 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department Overview
The Float Medical Social Worker as a member of a multi-disciplinary team has the primary responsibility for assessment counseling care coordination information/referral crisis intervention patient advocacy and associated services to patients families significant others and involved parties/agencies. The efforts are directed at assisting in the patient/family adjustment to illness injury or disability and secondary adjustment
to hospitalization or other treatment and readjustment to the community. The Department hascorresponding teaching and research functions related to health and healthcare delivery practices. TheMedical Social Worker provides direct intervention on an as-needed basis with infants children adolescentsadults and elderly patients and/or families. The Float Medical Social Worker is expected to practice inaccordance with performance standards core values and with a commitment to service excellence. Primary role is to provide services to pediatric patients and their families but may provide social work services topatients in Adult units Peds unit and/or ED as needed.
Function/Duties of Position
- Conducts psychosocial evaluations of patients/families and significantothers including but not limited to the following: adjustment tomedical or health condition; care coordination; mental health status;adjustment/compliance to treatment process; substance usage; childand elder abuse/neglect assessments; domestic violence issues; cognitive status (including potential guardian issues); and patient/family resources.
- Provides crisis intervention and supportive short term counseling topatients/families and significant others as necessary to meetimmediate psycho-social needs including but not limited to: Trauma/Emergency Department/ On Call/ Family Notification CODEResponse (family intervention); unanticipated change in healthconditions/suicidal ideation; teenage pregnancy; single parent pregnancy/parenthood domestic violence child and elderabuse/neglect.
- Provides grief/loss counseling and education regarding: fetal demise;actual/pending death of patient//family member; complicated pregnancies; postpartum depression; chronic/acute stress associated with life circumstances; divorce/separation; loss of independence associated with illness or disability.
Provides brief psychotherapy including: individual short termpsychotherapy; group work including information/ support groups family support patient therapy); regarding but not limited to issues ofadoption abortion domestic violence family of origin sexual/gendersubstance abuse parenting relationship adjustment to disabilities and chronic or acute illness.
Assess patient/family support needs regarding: transportationhousing clothing and educational/patient vocational rehabilitationand training materials and refer to appropriate resources.
Required Qualifications
A Masters Social Work (MSW) required.
Certificate of Clinical Social Work Associate (CSWA) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) required for employees who practice clinical social work.
Preferred Qualifications
- Health care experience preferred.
- 1 year experience in a primary care clinic setting.
- 1 year hospital experience.
Additional Details
Requires prioritization..
Frequent interruptions in an evironment of frequent change and fluctuations.
For inpatient units accepts accountability and responsibility.
May be exposed to body fluids tissue possible radiation exposure and infectious processes.
Subject to computer work for several hours as needed.
Able to utilize office equipment within work area.
Posted: 12/30/2025 11:56am
All are welcome
Key Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acute Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health
- Intake Experience
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Child Welfare
- Experience with Children
- Social Work
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
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