Clinical Medical Social Worker - Fostering Connections

Fostering Connections Program

The Fostering Connections Program is a specialized care clinic that offers comprehensive healthcare services to children and adolescents placed in foster or out-of-home care. The clinic serves as a medical home for these patients by providing initial assessments following placement, well-child or sick-child visits and care coordination.

Schedule: Wednesday and Friday 8am-5pm

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team and provides Clinical Medical Social Work services to patients and their families to improve or maintain social, emotional, functional and physical health.

Provides consultation, education, and training to staff regarding psychosocial issues that impact the delivery of optimal health care services.

Participates in the development and delivery of education, research and continuous quality improvement.

Education Requirement:

MSW, required.

Licensure Requirement:

LSW, required.

LISW, preferred.

Skills:

(not specified)

Experience:

2 years clinical social work experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Loud Noises, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs, Working Outdoors

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

(not specified)

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"