Social Worker

Job Description:

The Primary Children's Center for Safe and Healthy Families is an integrated medical and behavioral health clinic providing evidence-based treatments to children who have experienced trauma and/or abuse. In order to support families seeking behavioral health services related to abuse and trauma, the Pediatric Trauma Therapy Case Manager works as part of a multidisciplinary team at Safe and Healthy Families and collaborates with the patient's primary treatment team (therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists) and with the patient's parents/caregivers in order to develop a case management plan that can address barriers to treatment progress. Families are referred for Case Management services when a child's primary treatment team has identified barriers to treatment related to Social Drivers of Health, educational difficulties, and/or a need for additional behavioral health supports for either the patient or patient's family members. The Pediatric Trauma Therapy Case Manager will work directly with patient's family members to develop a care management plan that can support a patient's progress in evidence-based therapy for trauma.

Job Specifics

• Pay Range Clinical: $35.25 - $54.39 Non Exempt
• Pay Range Certified: $32.02-$49.44 Non Exempt
• Benefits Eligible: No
• FTE: Part time
• Shift: Days
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This position will include day-time shifts at Primary Children’s Center for Safe and Healthy Families at the Eccles Outpatient building in Salt Lake. The hours for this position will fall during clinic hours (Monday - Friday, 9-5), with options to negotiate exact schedule prior to hiring.  The ideal candidate would work three partial days a week. 

Essential Functions:

• Collaborate with therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists to identify families in need of case management services
• Provide trauma-informed case management services to parents/guardians of children receiving therapy services at Safe and Healthy Families
• Utilize motivational interviewing to empower families to follow-through with referrals and recommendations for additional services
• Maintain a referral resource list and establish relationships with community organizations to facilitate referrals
• Communicate with schools about implementing trauma-informed educational plans

Skills

• Specific interest in working with families with histories of child abuse and trauma
• Willingness to learn and practice skills to reduce the risk of secondary trauma
• Knowledge of evidence-based behavioral health services and levels of behavioral health care.
• Understanding of trauma-informed practices relevant to medical and educational settings
• Attention to detail in both written and verbal communication. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Current State Licensure as CSW, LCSW or LMFT.
• Computer Skills, i.e., email, word processing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with patients, families, and treatment teams.

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

16

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$35.25 - $54.39

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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