Senior Social Worker - Child Services for the Trauma and Resilience Center (Finance)
This role will support UTHealth Houston's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' Trauma and Resilience Center Clinic! The Trauma and Resilience Center Clinic provides evidence-based, trauma-focused care for children and adolescents facing complex trauma and related behavioral health challenges. The team offers compassionate, family-centered support to help young individuals heal and build resilience. The Clinic is part of the UT Physicians Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, established to address these increasing needs of children and adolescents, while improving accessibility to resources in the community. Informed by the latest advances in research and treatment, they are dedicated to offering hope and recovery to children, adolescents, and their families.
Position Summary:
Independently provides advanced professional social work services to address medical, psychiatric and social concerns by using a Biopsychosocial perspective to asses, evaluate, implement, monitor, advocate and implement services for patients and their families.
Position Key Accountabilities:
1. Conducts comprehensive assessment to interprets patients social, emotional, environmental and financial needs.
2. Plans course of treatment or refers cases to appropriate professionals, institutions or agencies to ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment or referral.
3. Obtains data from patients and/or relatives in the best interest of their problems to assist in the development of a number of significant teaching endeavors, programs, and social services.
4. With the objective of meeting total patient care, assesses patients and/or relatives to gain understanding of the individual's problems and needs. Collaborates with the physician and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to coordinate care, enhance the patient experience and achieve collaborative goals. Collaboratively develops patient goals, monitors progress, addresses barriers to goal achievement, and evaluates outcomes of individualized care plans. Conducts individual and or group counseling.
5. Prepares detailed reports and may videotape sessions with patients for review with coworkers or a faculty member.
6. Training and experience treating children and families exposed to traumatic events; one of the primary duties of this position will be treating children who have survived traumatic events.
7. Provides education to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers on community resources and the impact of psychosocial factors on care need.
8. Solicits the assistance of religious, social, and welfare agencies in the treatment of patients. Interacts with social work staff and psychiatric residents.
9. Utilizes crisis intervention, conflict resolution, and mediation to address patient/family concerns.
10. Responds to emergency situations.
11. Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
Licensure as a Master Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker by the Texas Board of Social Work is required. Knowledge of DSM-5 Criteria.
LCSW preferred.
Minimum Education:
Master's Degree in Social Work from a school approved by the Council on Social Work.
Minimum Experience:
Four years of social work experience required, with at least 1 year of experience providing evidenced-based, client-centered counseling (group or independent) also required.
Experience implementing evidence-based practice in child mental health interventions.
Bilingual applicants encouraged to apply.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code ยง 51.215
Veteran Information:
Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0868, 42S1, 42S3, 42S4, 42SX, 73A.
For a complete list please visit www.uthealth-veterans.jobs .
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
