The Child Unit at Sheppard Pratt's Towson hospital is a secure 22-bed inpatient unit specially designed for males ages four through 11 and females ages four through 12. During each child's stay, we focus on crisis stabilization so that the child can transition back into their home community as quickly as is safely possible. Discharge planning emphasizes movement to day hospital or outpatient care as soon as the crisis has been stabilized. The Child Unit is located on Sheppard Pratt's main campus in Towson (Baltimore County).

As a Social Worker or Counselor you will:

• Provide a wide range of social work/counseling services to an assigned caseload of patients in support of established treatment plan goals and discharge plans.
• Complete a comprehensive psychosocial assessment on each patient assigned at time of admission.
• Meet individually with patients on caseload as well as with families and/or significant others to monitor and evaluate progress.
• Facilitate family meetings
• Conduct group psychotherapy sessions; lead a wide array of psycho-therapeutic groups in conjunction with other members of the treatment team.
• Communicate all aspects of patient care to treatment team members.

Requires: Master's degree in social work, counseling or related field and a MD state license (LCSW-C, LMSW or LCPC, LGPC) at time of hire and continually throughout tenure in position. Must have at least 2 years of experience; experience in mental health setting strongly preferred.

Additional Information: This position offers consistent clinical supervision and CEU's at no cost to the employee.

Education

• Masters or better in Counseling Psychology
• Masters or better in Social Work

Licenses & Certifications

• Lic Prof Clin Counselor
• Lic Master Social Worker
• Lic Grad Prof Counselor
• Lic Cert Soc Wkr-Clinical