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The Clinical Social Worker I is a licensed clinician that conducts psycho-social assessments and interventions with patients/families and serves as a liaison with multi-disciplinary care team and external community agencies to implement interventions.

Department Name: CSH Clinical Social Work
Job Status: PRN, as needed
Shift: PRN staff will support variable shifts to include days, evenings, and weekends

• Education: Master's degree in Social Work
• Experience: Equivalent of 1 years of full time work experience providing psycho-social assessment and interventions to patients and families.
• Licensure(s): Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in the state of Colorado (CO)

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

Neonate - <30 days
Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Develops and implements service/treatment interventions that provide a variety of services to meet patient/family needs.
Monitors progress, cooperation, and acceptance of services.
May serve on department and hospital-wide committees as directed.
Develops a therapeutic relationship with the patients and families to assist with the social, financial, and psychological problems associated with hospitalization and/or outpatient treatment.
Develops and maintains relationships with peers within and outside of the department as well as community resources.
Conducts initial needs assessment to gather information on the patient/family's medical, social, and financial history.
Serves as a liaison with multi-disciplinary care teams and external community agencies to identify, implement, and monitor treatment goals.
Facilitates staffing, care conferences, etc to coordinate care between the treatment team.
Compiles and prepares case records, reports, and documents that comply with state and federal standards in providing case notes, treatment plans, and evaluations.
Participate in on call and rotation.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Exhibits knowledge and skills to support in the area of Grief/Loss
• Ability to recognize boundary concerns and the skills to educate others on that area.
• Demonstrates knowledge of de-escalation techniques and the abilities to utilize those techniques with families.
• Ability to prioritize various tasks/responsibilities to meet daily requests
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to meet requirements of mandated reporting and the necessary documentation
• Demonstrates strong communication skills with internal and external parties
• Ability to build positive rapport with families and children
• Utilizes best practice to ensure effective patient care
• Practices and promotes patient/family centered care
• Identify and utilize appropriate resources for family/child

SCOPE & LEVEL

• Guidelines: Developmental, standard, or intermediate level. Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.
• Complexity: Falls between the entry and full performance/senior level. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.
• Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non-routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or that are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.
• Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
• Supervision Received: Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.

• Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Fair
• Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good
• Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to cold/heat: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to dampness: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to noise/vibration: Occasional.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid sick leave and a robust wellness program.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.