Part-time Emergency Room Social Worker Weekends-Hughes Spalding

10 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking a social worker to provide high-quality psychosocial services, coordinating the needs of patients and families within a healthcare setting. The role requires a Master’s in Social Work and LMSW licensure, ability to work in an interdisciplinary team, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

Educated in age-appropriate treatment, you will complete assessments, plan discharge, connect families with resources, and document care in a

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited graduate school.
• Georgia LMSW licensure required.
• Experience with interdisciplinary care teams is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessments to identify strengths and barriers across the continuum of care related to patient health and wellbeing.
• Assists patients and families in coping with illness, hospitalization, and related challenges using development and family systems concepts.
• Plans discharge and ongoing medical care addressing psychosocial needs in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Assists families in accessing resources to achieve stabilization and self-sufficiency.
• Assesses safety concerns and acts as mandated reporter as needed.
• Provides information and coordinates with child protection, custody, supervision and community services.
• Documents and maintains updated patient information pertaining to services provided.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Strong interpersonal skills

Age-appropriate treatment knowledge

Organizational and analytical skills

Windows skills assessment

Education

Master’s degree in social work

LMSW licensure

Job description

Job Description

Ensures that high-quality, comprehensive social work services are provided which support healthcare and coordinate the psychosocial needs of patients and families.

Experience

• No minimum experience required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a medical setting and/or with children and families

Education

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited graduate school

Certification Summary

Georgia Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Must be able to successfully pass the Basic Windows Skill Assessment at 80% or higher rating within 30 days of employment
• Ability to work as part of interdisciplinary team
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of age-appropriate treatment and practice
• Organizational and analytical skills

Job Responsibilities

• Completes comprehensive psychosocial assessments to identify strengths and potential barriers across the continuum of care as it relates to patient health and wellbeing.
• Assists patients and families in coping with illness, trauma, hospitalization, and end of life based on principles of growth and development, family systems, and cultural considerations.
• Assists families and healthcare team in making plans for discharge and ongoing medical care and treatment related to psychosocial needs.
• Assists families in accessing resources to achieve and/or maintain stabilization and self-sufficiency.
• Assesses patients and families for safety, abuse, and neglect concerns, and serves as the mandated reporter for hospital campuses or assigned service area to Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services and Law Enforcement.
• Provides information and acts as liaison for child protection, custody, supervision, visitation, and other safety needs on behalf of the family, interdisciplinary team, and community organizations.
• Documents and maintains updated patient information pertaining to services provided.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location

Address 35 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE

Job Family

Social/Emotional/Spiritual Support

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been 100 percent committed to kids for more than 100 years.

A not-for-profit organization, Children’s is dedicated to making kids better today and healthier tomorrow.

With 3 hospitals, 20 neighborhood locations and a total of 673 beds, Children’s is the largest healthcare provider for children in Georgia and one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country.

Children’s offers access to more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs and is ranked among the top children’s hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

Children’s has been recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Place to Work, a Best Place for Working Mothers, and as a top employer for diversity and millennials.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefit package that supports our mission, vision and values.

We are proud to offer an array of programs and services to our employees that have distinguished us as a best place to work in the country.

Connect to our mission of making kids better today and healthier tomorrow.