SUMMARY: Responsible for clinical supervision and oversight of social work services to patients and families. Provides counseling services, mental health assessments, and disposition planning as appropriate to individuals, families, and groups to promote positive adjustment to medical conditions and adherence with medical treatment. Is a part of the comprehensive multi disciplinary health care team. Provides operational and clinical supervision to assigned social work staff and proactively communicates with Manager to address any opportunities or concerns. Implements special projects as assigned by the Manager. Provides leadership for the department in the absence of the Manager. Interfaces with other hospital staff to ensure coordination, communication, and monitoring for the social work services. Provides backup support to social work staff to ensure appropriate staffing to meet the needs of the department and services to the patient and families. Works collaboratively with other department leadership to ensure the provision of quality work services to the hospital.
REQUIREMENTS: This position requires a Masters Degree from an accredited school of social work. ASW - Clinical Social Worker Association required. LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences preferred. Minimum two (2) years Health care or related setting as a social worker required. Minimum two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience which demonstrates proficiency in the skills and knowledge required to perform the job is required. Prior supervisory experience preferred. Minimum three (3) years working with families and children and previous experience in an administrative and supervisory capacity desirable. Demonstrates knowledge and skills in computer applications, assessments, interventions, counseling, treatment, case management, discharge planning and crisis intervention. Knowledgeable about grief and loss, child abuse, mental health disorders, family systems theory, and social work practice in a health care setting. Must be able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with various professionals as well as with parents/patients with varying education and background.
POSITION DETAILS: Full-time, 80- hours per pay period.
Valley Children’s Healthcare – one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation – provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. Our independent, nonprofit network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to treat conditions ranging from common to the most unusual and complex at our 356-bed children’s hospital as well as through partner hospitals, specialty care centers, satellite practices and primary care services. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood diseases center on the West Coast, and our pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to our Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
Valley Children’s consistently ranks at the top of our peer group for quality patient outcomes, patient satisfaction and nursing excellence. Recognized as a Magnet® designated facility since 2004 and granted the gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence™ in critical care, Valley Chil...dren’s neonatal and pediatric intensive care units achieve some of the lowest mortality rates in the country while treating some of the sickest kids.
In affiliation with Stanford University School of Medicine, Valley Children’s Pediatric Residency and fellowship programs provide first-class training for the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric surgical and medical specialists. With more than 550 physicians and 3,400 staff, Valley Children’s partners with other providers and organizations throughout our 12-county service area to support delivering the best care to kids closer to home.
