Pediatric Social Worker - Family-Centered Care & Impact

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital is seeking a Social Worker to provide pediatric social work services that help patients and families adapt to illness and access health care and community resources. You will deliver developmentally appropriate, family-centered support that promotes continuity of care and positive outcomes.

You will conduct psychosocial screenings, develop and implement care plans in collaboration with patients, families and providers, coordinate referrals, and support transition

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited school of social work required.
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Master Social Worker, or Licensed Master Social Worker Advanced Practice license issued by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council required.
• Previous health care employment, a health care specialization in schooling, or a health care fieldwork practicum required.

Responsibilities

• Conducts psychosocial screenings and assessments to identify patient and family social, emotional, developmental, educational, environmental, financial, and health care needs.
• Analyzes assessment findings to identify psychosocial concerns, available resources, and health education needs.
• Develops, implements, evaluates, and updates individualized social work care plans in collaboration with patients, families, and providers.
• Supports continuity of care and transitional planning based on patient developmental needs, medical history, and psychosocial circumstances.
• Identifies appropriate community resources and assesses patient and family understanding of referral information and access needs.
• Coordinates referrals and services with patients, families, providers, and community agencies to support access to financial assistance, health care, public assistance, protective services, educational services, and other resources.
• Collaborates with providers to address psychosocial needs and incorporate relevant information into patient care plans.
• Provides focused counseling, including anticipatory guidance, supportive counseling, adjustment-to-illness counseling, crisis intervention, and grief counseling.
• Refers patients and families to therapeutic counseling and other appropriate services as needed
• Documents assessments, care plans, referrals, counseling, patient progress, and outcomes in the medical record
• Participates in quality-improvement and practice-improvement initiatives
• Maintains professional knowledge through continuing education, professional literature, community outreach, presentations, and student supervision

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Care coordination

Counseling

Family-centered care

Education

Master’s degree in Social Work

Licensed Clinical Social Worker or equivalent

Tools

EPIC EMR

Job description

Texas Children's Hospital is seeking a Social Worker to provide pediatric social work services that help patients and families adapt to illness and access health care and community resources. You will deliver developmentally appropriate, family-centered support that promotes continuity of care and positive outcomes.

You will conduct psychosocial screenings, develop and implement care plans in collaboration with patients, families and providers, coordinate referrals, and support transition