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Job Summary
We are searching for a Social Worker-someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. You'll develop, plan, and deliver pediatric social work services to assist patients and families in making psychosocial adaptations to illness, and utilize health care and community resources optimally.
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Responsibilities
* Facilitates patients/families use of community resources
* Actively participates in providers' conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of the patients/families and to provide psychosocial information pertinent to formulating care plans
* Delivers appropriate, focused patient/family counseling in accordance with the patient's/family's right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality
* Utilizes quality improvement process to identify improvement opportunities and establish/assess/evaluate programs and services and their outcomes
* Educates self by reading professional literature and attending staff development and continuing education program as evidenced by attendance and CEU records
* Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients' social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational/vocational, environmental, financial and health situations, within authorization periods, as required for patient care and/or treatment/transitional planning
* Develops, implements and/or updates comprehensive pediatric social work care plans
Qualifications
* Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children's, unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
* Master's degree in social work required
* LMSW or LCSW license from the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council required
Company Profile
Texas Children's Hospital West Campus isHouston's first community hospital designed,built, and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area fromSugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foothospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, fouroperating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging servicesincludingMRIandCTscans,aneurophysiologysleep lab,apathologylabandafull-scalepharmacy.
To join our community of 14,000 dedicated team members, visittexaschildrenspeople.orgfor career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture atinfinitepassion.org. At Texas Children's Hospital, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values and mission for all of our patients and families that we serve. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment for all faculty, staff and learners throughout our organization. We believe that each member of our one amazing team provides enrichment that allows us to create alasting legacy for future employees of this great organization.
Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
Full Time
$68k-82k (estimate)
04/29/2024
05/13/2024
texaschildrens.org
HOUSTON, TX
3,000 - 7,500
1954
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
MARK WALLACE
$1B - $3B
Ambulatory Healthcare Services
Texas Children owns and operates a chain of hospitals that provides pediatric acute care services for children.
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