Clinical Social Worker
3 weeks ago
At UPMC, we are seeking a skilled Clinical Social Worker to join our team at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. This is a casual position working onsite at the main hospital in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh.
The ideal candidate will work nights, weekends, and some holidays, providing comprehensive psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, individual, family, group, bereavement, and end-of-life counseling, as well as timely and appropriate discharge planning based on known or anticipated needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate expertise in accessing social systems by providing resource-specific information to patients and families, initiating contact with appropriate resources, and facilitating the patient/family's ability to accept referrals.
- Maintain extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local assistance programs and community resources that affect patient needs.
- Act as a mentor to social work students and/or serve as a field instructor to MSW students.
- Successfully utilize therapeutic counseling methods such as crisis intervention, psychosocial support, brief goal-directed therapy, CISM, and/or other appropriate therapeutic methods.
- Provide accurate, timely, and appropriate documentation of all social work interventions in the medical record per regulatory policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of reimbursement systems, the ability to educate patients and families regarding payer requirements/coverage for post-acute care services, and the ability to effectively advocate on behalf of the patient to obtain authorizations for continued care as appropriate.
- Identify, assess, counsel, and effectively intervene with medically and psychosocially complex patients, understanding complex dynamics related to the clinical situation.
- Continuously monitor and evaluate the plan of care, options, and available services throughout the hospital stay to effectively meet the patient and family's needs.
- Reassess the plan of care as status changes or at a minimum of every 3 days.
- Demonstrate appropriate professional practice, maintaining respect for confidentiality and freedom of choice as outlined by the Code of Ethics by the National Association of Social Workers as well as the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors.
- Collaborate effectively with the healthcare team, patients, and families and relevant community resources to develop and implement an individualized plan of care.
- Educate and advocate for patients and families to enhance their ability to make informed decisions regarding medical care, discharge planning, advance directives, and end-of-life care, including actively participating in the guardianship process when appropriate.
- Complete a psychosocial assessment that includes social, economic, cultural, age-related, and behavioral factors, history of child, elder, or domestic abuse, prior psychiatric or substance abuse treatment, family and social support systems, and all other available resources as appropriate to the clinical situation.
MSW degree from a CSWE-accredited School of Social Work is required.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Current/active Social Work License is required or successful pass of the social work licensing exam within 9 months of employment.
- Clinical Social Worker (CSW) or Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
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