Clinical Social Worker Senior; LICSW; Pediatric Bereavement Program

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Job Summary SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE for eligible Non-MGB employees: $10,000 for LICSW

• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families with social, emotional, interpersonal and/or environmental issues.
• Formulates biopsychosocial assessment, disposition and treatment plans.
• Provides mandated assessments when abuse is suspected (child, disabled adult, elder) and specialized safety assessment when violence is suspected Plan discharge from care facility to home or other care facility.
• Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients' medical or physical condition and to assess client needs as part of the interdisciplinary team.
• Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
• Screen, address, and manage social determinants of health.
• Prepares and maintains all pertinent records, statistics, and progress notes.

Coordinates Bereavement Services.

• Contact families after the death of a patient, introduce role and commit to follow families for at least one and ideally 2 years, or until family is connected to alternate support source, if the family so desires
• Provide parent mental health and social functioning assessment at defined intervals for 1 and up to 2 years after the death of child
• Identify and connect families to appropriate resources in their community for ongoing support (care tailored to each family)
• Provide direct mental health care to a subset of parents who demonstrate high psychological distress for whom an alternate local provider cannot be identified with back up from medical director
• Arrange post-mortem meetings between family and providers to offer the opportunity to review the child’s care and any questions or concerns of the family
• Send cards or emails on days that are special to parents, such as birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day
• Coordinate/develop memorial services commemorating the lives of the children who have died at MGBfC
• Assist in the development and implementation of new programs and services, as needed
• Keep up to date with best practices, including technology integration

Resource Management

• Maintain database of bereaved families
• Update and maintain the library of grief resources in the form of information about support groups, books, videos and making them available to families and staff.
• Participate in annual budget development for program operations and complete required documentation, supported by program leadership
• Assist in securing additional program funding when needed, with support from development and medical director

Staff Education and Support

• Notify members of the medical team caring for patients about patients’ deaths
• Provide education and support to providers who wish to reach out to a family for whose child they have cared

Quality Improvement

• Provide education and outreach to the broader MGHfC community, such as PCP offices, about the bereavement program
• Participate in completion of annual written report for administrative review
• Participate in writing grant proposals to secure continued funding for bereavement activities
• Participate in ongoing program evaluation and assessment of next steps in growing a comprehensive bereavement program for MGBfC

• Provide comprehensive psychosocial assessment, counseling, and emotional support to children with serious illness and their families receiving…