HealthySteps Specialist Full Time

Job Description:

Utah Valley Pediatrics is seeking a full-time HealthySteps Specialist to join our pediatric primary care team. This position is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Certified Social Worker (CSW) who will bring early childhood development expertise directly into well-child visits, helping our youngest patients (ages 0–3) and their families thrive.

HealthySteps is a program of 0 to 3 that integrates a child development expert into the pediatric care team to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with young children. The HealthySteps Specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers, increasing the efficiency of the medical system and supporting team-based, comprehensive care. Learn more at healthysteps.org.

This is a rewarding opportunity for a social worker who wants to make a meaningful, measurable impact on early childhood development within a collaborative, team-based medical setting.

Job Specifics:

• Application requirements: Please upload a current resume that includes your work history and relevant licenses or certifications. 
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• FTE: Full-time
• Shift: Monday to Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm
• Location: 716 West 800 North, #3000 Orem, Utah. This is an in-person role.

Key Responsibilities:

Preventative and Responsive Care

• Promotes HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers.
• Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider; visits focus on monitoring development, social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance.
• Conducts short-term consultations for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, and picky eating.
• Maintains a family support line and responds to and tracks call requests within the designated response time.
• Participates in reflective supervision meetings.
• May facilitate parent/caregiver groups.

Referrals and Community Collaboration

• Creates and maintains a community resource directory/database; provides referrals and tracks follow-up to help families connect successfully with community resources.
• Builds relationships with community providers to support referrals, warm hand-offs, and appropriate referral criteria.
• Participates, as appropriate, in community-wide early childhood and/or mental health meetings.

Team-Based Care

• Serves as an active member of the HealthySteps Implementation Team and attends regular team meetings.
• Coordinates with front office staff to align scheduling with provider well-child visits.
• Works closely with pediatric primary care providers on care coordination, goal setting, coaching, and education about key aspects of child development.
• Maintains open communication with all members of the primary care team.
• Provides consultation and/or facilitates training to medical professionals and practice staff on early childhood development, early relational health/infant mental health, and trauma-informed practice.

Caseload Tracking, Documentation, and Reporting

• Documents all patient clinical activity and care coordination in the EHR.
• Maintains databases required to meet HealthySteps fidelity metrics, including internal and external referrals.
• Tracks caseload to ensure capacity to deliver services within the risk-stratified service delivery model, including monitoring exit criteria and escalating families to higher levels of care as needed.

Professional Development

• Participates in HealthySteps training (Virtual HealthySteps Institute), annual model refresher courses, and other trainings as needed.
• Participates in administrative and clinical/reflective supervision meetings.
• Completes the HealthySteps Competency-Based Professional Development Assessment and maintains an annually updated professional development plan.

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• Current licensure in the State of Utah as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Certified Social Worker (CSW).
• Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a related field.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Commitment to working with underserved populations in a community setting.
• Empathic, supportive, and patient approach with families.
• Strong motivational interviewing skills.
• Ability to work effectively with people of many backgrounds and cultures.
• Ability to take initiative, with a strong willingness to learn.
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Comfort with an open-door policy, frequent interruptions, and warm hand-offs.
• Flexibility to move between playful, hands-on time with young patients and clear, professional communication with medical colleagues.
• Comfort working as the sole behavioral health professional on-site.
• Professional confidence and assertiveness with providers and colleagues.
• Reflectiveness, insight, and curiosity about oneself.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
• Commitment to the mission, values, and vision of Utah Valley Pediatrics

Preferred Skills:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) communication skills are a plus but not required.
• Experience working with infants and toddlers (ages 0–3).

Location:

Utah Valley Pediatrics, Orem Timpanogos Office

Work City:

Orem

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

By applying for a position with Utah Valley Pediatrics, I acknowledge that I will comply will all applicable Utah Valley Pediatrics policies and expectations.

Utah Valley Pediatrics is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. 

All positions subject to close without notice.