Social Worker MSW​/MSW SR - FTE Pediatric Psychiatric Consult Liaison Service

This is a .5 FTE with the Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service at Mott Children's Hospital. The social worker will be part of a multidisciplinary team who provide psychiatric consultation to youth up to age 25 in the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital on medical floors and in the Children's Emergency Department. This position is 8am-4pm every Thursday, Friday, and every other Wednesday.

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• Play a vital role in offering services to youth and families facing psychiatric crises
• Work closely with an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and other social workers to provide critical care throughout Mott
• Conduct psychosocial and safety assessments, facilitate safety planning, follow up phone calls, and psychoeducation with patients and families
• Coordinate with internal and external inpatient psychiatric units to facilitate hospitalizations
• Gain access to multiple social work and interdisciplinary educational opportunities

As a member of this team, you will play a vital role in the Pediatric Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service offering care throughout Mott Hospital including the Children's Emergency Services. This position affords the opportunity to work in an exciting, highly collaborative role in a world-class academic health system promoting excellence in care, management of complex clinical situations with strong team-based support, as well as addressing the needs of vulnerable patients and families.

The Department supports high quality clinical care, patient and family-centered care, and opportunities for growth in quality improvement and education.

• 2:1 match on retirement savings
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one of employment
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Financial support for continuing education and certifications

You will be responsible for:

• Reviewing records, conducting psychosocial assessments, providing care management and care coordination with families and community partners and providers.
• Evaluating and recording progress with respect to treatment goals, and ongoing collaboration with the patient's primary medical team and other relevant subspecialty services while drawing on social work experience and ongoing assessment of patient needs.
• Providing discharge planning which may include obtaining insurance authorizations, facilitating inpatient psychiatric admissions, PHP referrals, safety planning, coordinating outpatient care, and providing referrals for patients in the Children's Emergency Services and inpatient medical services who are being actively followed by the Psychiatry CL Service.
• Participating in team meetings and other care coordination meetings on the CL service.
  
  This will require preparation, and the ability to make case presentations accurately and concisely.
• Working directly with patients both face-to-face and by phone contacts.
• Providing brief therapeutic interventions drawing on evidence-based psychotherapies, as well as psychoeducation, safety planning, assisting family members in understanding and supporting the patient while offering adjustment to illness counseling.

MSW:

• A Master's degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
• Some experience of profesional social work.
• A current license to practice social work in the State of Michigan (LMSW or LLMSW)
• Two years working with children and adolescents in acute psychiatric care settings (IP, PHP, PES)
• This classification requires Primary Source Verification.

MSW Sr:

A Master's degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.

• A current license to practice social work in the State of Michigan (LMSW or LLMSW)
• This classification requires registration, certification or licensure with the appropriate agency as identified on the Primary Source Verification Matrix.

• Previous experience with medical and mental health social work.
• Skilled in suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and lethal means restriction.
• Skilled in developing rapport and effectively communicating with a diverse patient population.
• Efficient, accurate assessment of patient needs and effective case dispositions.
• Effective organizational skills, flexibility, self-motivation, the ability to effectively prioritize multiple competing tasks in a dynamic…