What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Social Worker, Senior (LICSW) - Pediatric Hematology & Oncology position at Massachusetts General Hospital?
Site: The General Hospital Corporation
Sign on bonus for non MGB employees $10,000
The Senior Clinical Social Worker provides advanced clinical care, program leadership, and strategic oversight for the Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Program at Mass General Brigham for Children. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, this role is responsible for delivering comprehensive psychosocial assessment, evidence-based intervention, crisis management, and ongoing support to children, adolescents, young adults up to age 22, and their families across the cancer care continuum-from diagnosis through treatment, survivorship, and bereavement.
In addition to maintaining an independent clinical caseload, the Senior Clinical Social Worker leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of psychosocial, survivorship, bereavement, and family support programs that address the evolving needs of pediatric oncology patients and families. The Senior Clinical Social Worker serves as the psychosocial leader for the pediatric oncology program, partnering with multidisciplinary care teams and community organizations to ensure high-quality, family-centered care. The role provides clinical consultation to staff, oversight of the Resource Specialist, and identification of opportunities to improve patient and family experience through programming and quality improvement initiatives.
The ideal candidate is an experienced pediatric medical social worker with exceptional clinical judgment, strong leadership and program development skills, and a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and advancing equitable, compassionate care for children and families facing complex hematologic and oncologic illnesses.Hybrid32 Fruit Street40RegularDay (United States of America)1200 The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.
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Job Summary
Starting rate LICSW $92,227Sign on bonus for non MGB employees $10,000
The Senior Clinical Social Worker provides advanced clinical care, program leadership, and strategic oversight for the Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Program at Mass General Brigham for Children. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, this role is responsible for delivering comprehensive psychosocial assessment, evidence-based intervention, crisis management, and ongoing support to children, adolescents, young adults up to age 22, and their families across the cancer care continuum-from diagnosis through treatment, survivorship, and bereavement.
In addition to maintaining an independent clinical caseload, the Senior Clinical Social Worker leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of psychosocial, survivorship, bereavement, and family support programs that address the evolving needs of pediatric oncology patients and families. The Senior Clinical Social Worker serves as the psychosocial leader for the pediatric oncology program, partnering with multidisciplinary care teams and community organizations to ensure high-quality, family-centered care. The role provides clinical consultation to staff, oversight of the Resource Specialist, and identification of opportunities to improve patient and family experience through programming and quality improvement initiatives.
The ideal candidate is an experienced pediatric medical social worker with exceptional clinical judgment, strong leadership and program development skills, and a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and advancing equitable, compassionate care for children and families facing complex hematologic and oncologic illnesses.
Qualifications
What you will do
- Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social, emotional, interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
- Provides clinical care to individuals, families, and groups.
- Provides mandated assessments when abuse is suspected (child, disabled adult, elder) and specialized safety assessment when violence is suspected.
- Screen, address, and manage social determinants of health.
- Prepares and maintains all pertinent records, statistics, and progress notes.
Education Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Social Work required
Licenses and Certifications
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker [LICSW - State License] Required
Experience Qualifications
- Minimum 3-5 years clinical social work in a medical setting required, 5-10 years clinical social work in a medical setting preferred.
Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrates a mastery of a range of specialized clinical diagnoses and interventions.
- Conducts clinically competent complex and high-risk assessments, treatment plans and interventions.
- Demonstrates mastery in problem solving abilities, conflict resolution,efficiency, and communication skills.
- Formulates advanced psychosocial assessments and treatment plans.
- Collaborates with colleagues in developing assessments and plans in complex cases.
- Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients.
- Demonstrates advanced working knowledge of internal and external resources and refersappropriately.
- Demonstrate ability to identify problems in order of urgency and initiate treatment plans towards timely solutions and appropriate time management skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to articulate SW clinical perspective in team meetings, effectively collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to comprehensively solve problems and optimize a plan of care.
- Escalates to Social Work leadership all operational issues and high risk and complex cases.
- Supervision of Community Resource Specialist. May provide additional clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff).
- Seeks opportunities in the department and hospital or may be asked by SW leadership to participate in initiatives, projects, quality reviews, and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level.
- Creates content for skill-based groups.
- Promotes timely andconcise collaboration among all disciplines and outside stakeholders to enhance patient care
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
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Pay Range
$86,611.20 - $126,027.20/AnnualGrade
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Massachusetts General Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. Applications from protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged.
Salary : $86,611 - $126,027