Licensed Social Worker

University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Chicago is seeking a social worker to support the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics practice at Comer Children’s Hospital and Woodlawn. You will coordinate Early Intervention assessments, consult on school referrals, and connect families with social services and insurance resources.

The role involves telemedicine and in-person care coordination, documentation, and collaboration with pediatricians, schools, and community agencies to support child development and family needs.

Qualifications

• Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a pediatric social work setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the Early Intervention Team visits and care coordination clinics.
• Attend all virtual and in-person appointments for EI Team.
• Document care rendered and refer to community resources.
• Liaise between schools, families, and community agencies.

Skills

Care coordination

Crisis intervention

Documentation

Education

Degree in related field

Tools

Qclaims

Job description

Department

BSD PED - Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

About The Department

The Section of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP), within the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Chicago and at the Comer Children’s Hospital is a Center of Excellence in developmental diagnosis, biomedical management, and family supports for children with motor, communicative, sensory, developmental, genetic, neurological, learning, and behavior disorders. The Section includes 3 Developmental and Behavioral Pediatric faculty members, two childhood trauma psychologists, 3 DBP subspecialty fellows, and nursing support. The Section provides interdisciplinary assessment and biopsychosocial management practices tooptimizechild functioning, support families, and maximize prevention strategies across health, education, and community care systems. The Section serves as a resource for primary care practitioners, subspecialists, and community professional agencies for children athigh riskfor having suboptimal educational outcomes and those with complex medical and/or behavioral challenges. Their collective clinicalexpertiseis coupled with research, educational endeavors, advocacy, and public policy activities geared to ensuring that children receive the information and supports for long‑term success. The faculty’s clinicalexpertise, research contributions, and leadership roles within communities and professional organizations are recognized at the local, regional, national, and international levels. The clinical services provided by the Section include, but are not limited to, interdisciplinary diagnostic assessment of children enrolled in Early Intervention and diagnostic and treatment for children with a diverse array of childhood delays and disabilities (autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disorders, feeding disorders, etc.).

Job Summary

The social worker supports the Developmental and Behavioral pediatric practice in two outpatient settings: Woodlawn Social Services Center and Comer Children’s Hospital. At Woodlawn, the social worker will coordinate the Early Intervention Medical Diagnostic Assessment Team assessing children referred through Early Intervention. At Comer Children’s Hospital, the social worker will consult as needed on patients seen by the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatricians on various issues, which include but are not limited to school Individual Education Plan referral and modification, referral to social services including social security insurance, care coordination services through the Division of Specialized Care for Children, permanency planning, and obtaining services through insurance. The social worker may also refer parents for services and report cases of concern for child abuse or neglect. The social worker will also lead a care coordination clinic where they will engage with telemedicine or in-person visits with the parent(s) to support obtaining recommended services, coping with disability diagnoses, planning for transition to adult care or alternative living arrangements, or discrete behavioral concerns such as potty training. The social worker may also be involved in long-term projects that support the Section as a whole, such as developing resource lists for common referrals. The social worker may provide behavioral or emotional crisis interventionservices or refer as needed for assessment elsewhere. The social worker will document carerenderedand act as a resource to other Section personnel.

Responsibilities

• Develops and updates resource lists to refer families for therapies, adult mental health and counseling services, and tips for commonly encountered challenges. (e.g.applying for Social Security Insurance, requesting an Individualized Education Plan, etc.).
• Documentsdevelopmental care in records.
• Attend all virtual and/or in-person appointments of the Early Intervention Medical Diagnostic Team.
• Coordinate the multidisciplinary visits of the Early Intervention Medical Diagnostic Team.
• Conduct intake processoneach patient prior to their appointment.
• Compile all the reports at the end of each appointment within expected deadlines.
• Facilitate any communications with service coordinators at the Child and Family Connections (CFC)centerspertainingtoEarly Intervention (EI), requesting all necessary paperwork.
• Handle billing for all patients for EIprogramthroughQclaims.
• In individual care coordination clinic visits, interprets, monitors, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
• Completes a social work assessment when consulted by a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician in the Section. The majority ofconsultations will be for Comer patients.
• Analyzes potential problems in home or clinic environments.
• Interprets, monitors, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
• Has moderate level of authority to refer patient, client, or family to community resources toassistin recovery from mental or physical illness and to provide access to services such as financialassistance, legal aid, housing, jobplacementor education.
• Assesses the needs of individuals, performs adaptive tests and psychological screening, provides family counseling, and participates as a member of a developmental team. Identifies community and University resources and makes appropriate referrals. Documents developmental care in records.
• Uses broad knowledge and experience to develop and coordinate programs related to emotional, social, and financial care. Programs may involve family-centered services, treatment and education of youth, employment and financial support, or health insurance and provider services.
• Serves as a liaison between schools, families, and community agencies. Maintains relationships with various social worker departments within the University as well as community agencies at the local and state levels.
• Delivers emergency and crisis intervention services.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Education

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a