Per Diem / PRN Senior Social Work - Social Worker
Children's Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, TX
5x8 hrs

Job title & Specialty Area:    Sr Social worker TPT-PRN 

Department: Social Work

Location: Dallas - Occassional cross coverage to Plano campus

Shift: 7a-7p or 7p-7a and varying times on Saturday and Sunday. We have an 8-6pm and 11a-7p as well. Shift times varies. 

 Should be flexible and able to pick up shifts in advance as well as last minute.- Weekends coverage 

 Job Type: On-Site

Why Children’s Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary:
Implement and administer policies, programs and activities. Responsible for performing psychosocial assessments on families ability to meet their child's healthcare needs. Ensure the preparation and maintenance of required documentation per accreditation standards and CMC's policy.This job is an hourly version of exempt role 2054; typically used for part-time or PRN assignments.

Responsibilities:
* Perform biopsychosocial screening and assessment of the families ability to meet their children's healthcare needs by applying specialized knowledge and advance practice skills in assessment treatment, diagnosis of mental illness, planning, implementation and evaluation.
* Facilitate parent/child adjustment to illness and hospitalization.
* Coordinate anticipatory discharge to ensure that patient's home - care is prearranged prior to leaving the hospital.
* Coordinate and direct multidisciplinary patient care conferences focusing both on medical and biopsychosocial needs.

EDUCATION

* Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience MSW Req

WORK EXPERIENCE
* At least 2 years of working as a LCSW is -required
* At least 5 years of expereince as a professional Social worker in health care

*At least 2years of expereince in pediatric health care - required

* State of Texas LCSW license Req

Requires depth within a specialized, critical discipline and/or breadth of substantive professional knowledge that crosses disciplines within the professional field

 Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

 May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and /or complexity Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions 

Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; 

work is guided by functional policies Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations 

Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view 

Job Responsibilities:

Perform psychiatric and biopsychosocial screening and assessment of the patients and families to meet their healthcare needs; obtain information from patients/families; based on assessment, diagnose, provide therapeutic interventions and make referrals as appropriate for families in crisis; and provide supportive counseling to aid adjustment to patient’s condition and hospitalization.

Perform psychiatric evaluations on children, adolescents and families for mental, emotional and behavioral disorders with special emphasis on risk of suicidality and safety to provide appropriate interventions grounded in evidence based practice

Evaluation of clinical needs of the patient, recommend treatment plans, discharge plans and follow up care programs while providing therapeutic crisis intervention

Provide supervision, training and instruction to social work department employees and graduate students on the provision of therapeutic services

Develop and facilitate professional education on behavioral and mental health issues for clinical social work staff

Serve as the content expert for behavioral/mental health consults by applying specialized advance clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional and behavioral disorders, conditions and addictions including serious emotional disturbances in children

Utilize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of behavioral/mental health patients

Participate in clinical research opportunities as they exist in specific service areas

Responsible for child maltreatment evaluation and referral, trauma and safety assessments

Ability to meet physical and non-physical demands as outlined in the job description is an essential function of the job

Perform mental health assessments and diagnosis in the Emergency Department.