Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress: Patuxent Woods Location Hiring Incentive Available

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Overview

$10,000 Hiring Incentive for Licensed Clinical Social Workers who join our team!

Looking for a licensed clinical social worker who has the clinical experience to work independently and manage a caseload.

The Clinical Social Worker is a therapist to children and families who have experienced or may be at risk for trauma through physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, domestic and community violence and negative social conditions.

Excellent benefits, supervision, and training. Center for Child and Family Traumatic Stress at Kennedy Krieger is an outpatient mental health clinic specializing in treating psychological trauma. Candidates with clinical experience with marginalized groups and champions of social justice are encouraged to apply. The Center for Child and Family Traumatic is nationally recognized as a center of excellence for treating childhood trauma and is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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Provide clinical social work services to children, adolescents, young adults, and families, through individual, group, or family modalities.

Conduct evaluations, including diagnostic assessments to determine appropriate treatment modality.

Collaborate with the referring agency to assist them in utilizing the evaluation/treatment services in the development of the service plan for the child and the family.

Collaborate with the school system to assure that the children are receiving appropriate educational services, if indicated.

Participate in peer consultation groups and/or individual supervision for the purpose of review of clinical work.

Attend in-service clinical training programs, treatment planning meeting, and necessary administrative meetings.

Maintain client activity at the projected level set by the administrative staff.

Maintain the medical record for each client seen which includes a treatment plan and diagnostic interview at the initiation of therapy, weekly progress notes, periodic reviews, and termination summary.

May participate in the field instruction program and supervise social work trainees when interest and capacity are demonstrated. May participate in specialized clinics focused on particular conditions or treatments

Qualifications

Must be licensed by the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Board of Social Work Examiners as a Licensed Certified Social Worker- Clinical (LCSW-C).

Must possess and maintain cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.

Education: Master's degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.

Experience: Minimum two years of licensed clinical experience related to treating children and families with traumatic exposures and associated emotional and behavioral disturbances required.

Minimum pay range USD $78,094.00/Yr.

Maximum pay range USD $100,672.00/Yr.