Social Worker 2 - Child & Adolescent Psych

University Hospitals Pain Management; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Tuition reimbursement

Full benefits and retirement

Professional development support

Job summary

University Hospitals is seeking a Social Worker to join the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital – Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Unit in Cleveland on a full-time basis. The role focuses on psychosocial assessment and discharge planning for pediatric patients, coordinating with families and the health care team to ensure safe, timely transitions.

The position emphasizes collaboration, resource linkage, and mentoring of staff and interns within a dynamic, interdisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Collaborates with health care team to coordinate psychosocial and discharge planning needs.

Responsibilities

• Provides psychosocial assessment/intervention for patients and families, including clinically complex cases.
• Develops, documents and implements comprehensive discharge plans aligned with patient and family goals.
• Links patients to community resources and UH network services to facilitate care; acts as liaison to community agencies.
• Communicates with the care team using a multidisciplinary approach and mentors new staff and interns.
• Performs other duties as assigned and ensures PHI privacy and compliance.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Community resources linkage

Staff mentoring

Job description

\"To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.\" At University Hospitals, these words represent more than just our mission; they encapsulate the opportunities available to the numerous world-class doctors, nurses, healthcare professionals, and support staff who choose to join UH and make a difference.

TheSocial Worker2role within theRainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital– Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Unit offers a unique chance to become part of a dynamic, collaborative interdisciplinary team. This position adds value to patient care and significantly assists individuals with various issues.

We currently offer an opportunity for aFull Time, Social Worker to support children and adolescents in ouracute care hospitalin Cleveland.

Joining our team comes with several benefits, including:

• Free parkingfor regular status caregivers


• Tuition reimbursement


• Full benefits and retirement


• Support for continuing education, career growth, and professional development

A Brief Overview

Collaborates with all members of the health care team, patient and family (or significant others) to coordinate timely and efficient assessment of psychosocial and discharge planning needs and formulation of patient and family centered discharge plans. Serves as a resource within the social work department and the hospital.

What You Will Do

• Provides psychosocial assessment / intervention to assist patients/families (including clinically complex).
  Provides age specific care to patients/families in all age groups.


• Develops, documents and implements a comprehensive plan based on identified psychosocial needs and/or discharge needs.
  Develops plans with attention to individual patient and family goals
  Provides linkage to community resources and UH network services to facilitate optimal care; and serves as liaison to community agencies.


• Communicates/collaborates with the work team using a multidisciplinary approach.


• Provides guidance and serves as consultant to staff and other disciplines regarding complex psychosocial and/or discharge planning issues/barriers.


• Assists with recruitment, and orientation/mentoring/education of new staff and/or social work interns.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.


• Complies with all policies and standards.


• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.


• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.