Clinical Social Worker SeniorLead (LICSW) – Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
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Boston, MA - USA
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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.
Job Summary
Starting rate LICSW $92227Sign on bonus for non MGB employees $10000
The Senior or Lead Clinical Social Worker provides advanced clinical care program leadership and strategic oversight for the Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Program at Mass General Brigham for Children. As a member of the interdisciplinary team this role is responsible for delivering comprehensive psychosocial assessment evidence-based intervention crisis management and ongoing support to children adolescents young adults up to age 22 and their families across the cancer care continuumfrom diagnosis through treatment survivorship and bereavement.
In addition to maintaining an independent clinical caseload the Senior Clinical Social Worker leads the development implementation and evaluation of psychosocial survivorship bereavement and family support programs that address the evolving needs of pediatric oncology patients and families. The Senior Clinical Social Worker serves as the psychosocial leader for the pediatric oncology program partnering with multidisciplinary care teams and community organizations to ensure high-quality family-centered care. The role provides clinical consultation to staff oversight of the Resource Specialist and identification of opportunities to improve patient and family experience through programming and quality improvement initiatives.
The ideal candidate is an experienced pediatric medical social worker with exceptional clinical judgment strong leadership and program development skills and a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration innovation and advancing equitable compassionate care for children and families facing complex hematologic and oncologic illnesses.
Qualifications
What you will do
- Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social emotional interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
- Provides clinical care to individuals families and groups.
- Provides mandated assessments when abuse is suspected (child disabled adult elder) and specialized safety assessment when violence is suspected.
- Screen address and manage social determinants of health.
- Prepares and maintains all pertinent records statistics and progress notes.
Education Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Social Work required
Licenses and Certifications
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker LICSW - State License Required
Experience Qualifications
- Senior Social Worker: Minimum 3-5 years clinical social work in a medical setting required 5-10 years clinical social work in a medical setting preferred.
- Lead Social Worker: Clinical social work experience 5-7 years required
Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates a mastery of a range of specialized clinical diagnoses and interventions.
- Conducts clinically competent complex and high-risk assessments treatment plans and interventions.
- Demonstrates mastery in problem solving abilities conflict resolutionefficiency and communication skills.
- Formulates advanced psychosocial assessments and treatment plans.
- Collaborates with colleagues in developing assessments and plans in complex cases.
- Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients.
- Demonstrates advanced working knowledge of internal and external resources and refersappropriately.
- Demonstrate ability to identify problems in order of urgency and initiate treatment plans towards timely solutions and appropriate time management skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to articulate SW clinical perspective in team meetings effectively collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to comprehensively solve problems and optimize a plan of care.
- Escalates to Social Work leadership all operational issues and high risk and complex cases.
- Supervision of Community Resource Specialist. May provide additional clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff).
- Seeks opportunities in the department and hospital or may be asked by SW leadership to participate in initiatives projects quality reviews and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level.
- Creates content for skill-based groups.
- Promotes timely andconcise collaboration among all disciplines and outside stakeholders to enhance patient care
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
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Pay Range
$86611.20 - $126027.20/AnnualGrade
8EEO Statement:
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.
