Outpatient Pediatric Social Worker

What Awaits You:

• Opportunities for Career Growth Build a meaningful career with access to professional development mentorship and advancement pathways.
• Collaborative and Inclusive Environment Work alongside a diverse team of professionals who value mutual respect innovation and teamwork.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Take advantage of a competitive and affordable benefits program that supports your health financial security and overall well-being.
• $5000 sign-on bonus

Outpatient Pediatric Social Worker

Join our pediatric ambulatory care team as a Social Work II. This role provides clinical family-centered psychosocial care to children adolescents and their caregivers managing acute and chronic health conditions. Responsibilities include comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments; brief therapeutic interventions; crisis assessment and safety planning; support with adjustment to illness diagnosis and treatment; caregiver support; advocacy; and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to address psychosocial factors affecting health outcomes and treatment adherence. The Social Worker applies strong knowledge of healthcare behavioral health educational child welfare and other public-service systems to help patients families and care teams navigate complex needs identify appropriate next-step supports and promote continuity of care. The Social Worker will engage and sustain collaborative relationships with community partners to support coordinated care planning strengthen access to culturally responsive supports and advance the well-being of pediatric patients and families. Spanish language proficiency is preferred.

Education:

• Master of Social Work (MSW) required

Licensure:

• Valid LCSW-C required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong understanding of community resources and psychosocial impacts of illness
• Ability to work independently in a healthcare or mental health setting
• Strong assessment counseling and problem-solving skills
• Ability to develop comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments and treatment plans
• Excellent communication documentation and organizational skills
• Proficiency with electronic medical records and standard office systems

Salary Range: Minimum 34.62/hour - Maximum 57.19/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment where we embrace and celebrate our differences where all employees feel valued contribute to our mission of serving the community and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.