PediFamily Social Worker in Community Health LICSWLMHC

Site: The Brigham and Womens Hospital Inc.

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Starting pay rate: $92227

SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE for eligible Non-MGB employees:
$10000 FOR LICSW/LMHC

Job Summary

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.


Summary
The Social Worker is responsible for performing social work assessments and interventions as needed for inpatients outpatients and emergency department 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 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.

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: Spanish strongly preferred

Experience: Clinical Experience in a medical setting 2-3 years required

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 case s 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.

Physical Requirements

• Standing Frequently (34-66%)
• Walking Frequently (34-66%)
• Sitting Occasionally (3-33%)
• Lifting Frequently (34-66%) 35lbs (w/assisted device)
• Carrying Frequently (34-66%) 20lbs - 35lbs
• Pushing Occasionally (3-33%)
• Pulling Occasionally (3-33%)
• Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Balancing Frequently (34-66%)
• Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)
• Kneeling Occasionally (3-33%)
• Crouching Occasionally (3-33%)
• Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Reaching Frequently (34-66%)
• Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently (34-66%)
• Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)
• Feeling Constantly (67-100%)
• Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)
• Vision - Far Constantly (67-100%)
• Vision - Near Constantly (67-100%)
• Talking Constantly (67-100%)
• Hearing Constantly (67-100%)

Onsite

3297 Washington Street

40

Regular

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$70990.40 - $101202.40/Annual

Grade

7

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