Children's Hospital of Philadelphia·Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Provide professional mental health treatment, assessments, and therapies to children and families within an acute inpatient psychiatric unit. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and provide clinical supervision to developing mental health providers and fellows.
SHIFT: Weekends (United States of America)
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A Brief Overview NOTICE - This job is an hourly version of our existing salaried role. This version of the job should only be used for employees below the government-mandated, minimum FLSA pay threshold. All other employees should be placed in the salaried version of this role.
Provide professional mental health treatment to patients and families within an acute inpatient psychiatric unit, utilizing recognized best practice interventions.
These core services include assessment of psychosocial functioning and capacities, ability to complete a mental status examination, ability to diagnose mental health conditions, and provide treatment recommendations.
Provide a variety of therapies to address mental health diagnoses that affect children and their families.
Collaborate with many disciplines, programs, departments, and organizations in the accomplishment of these duties.
Must be able to provide supervision to developing mental health providers in the treatment of children and their families, including training and direct supervision of Fellows.
Also provide clinical care to the Behavioral Health Integrated Program, as needed.
What you will do
Professional Practice
Assesses, plans, implements professional interventions based upon knowledge of social work practice, human behavior and the social environment, as well as child and family development and functioning. Interventions are directed to the required by patients and their families around illness and disease, hospitalization, and any continuing care that may be required over time.
Performs psychosocial assessment with patients and/or family.
Intervenes/treats patient and/or family-based on the psychosocial assessment providing age and developmentally appropriate counseling, treatment and resources as indicated.
Encourages and utilizes feedback from patients, families and other staff to improve professional services. Evaluates the effectiveness of professional services and redefines goals or modalities as indicated. Organizes individual workload and sets priorities based on patient care needs and departmental standards. Meets workload standards for assigned areas.
Adheres to professional medical - legal reporting requirements. Seeks appropriate supervision on risk management issues.
Professional Communications
Responsible for accurate documentation of professional services in the patient's electronic medical record. All requirements for record keeping and documentation, including billing data, are to be completed in a timely manner.
Required documentation of assessments and interventions are well organized, clear, and timely.
All written work is compliant and recorded properly according to hospital policy.
Required information system data is completed and submitted according to program, department and hospital standards.
Completes hospital, department and program requests for information within required time frames.
Completes and submits any required reports or forms to other departments or outside agencies (as appropriate) within required time frames.
Professional Work Environment
Promotes a positive, professional work environment with patients/families, hospital staff, as well as agencies and organizations providing services to patients and families.
Actively supports the mission, goals and priorities of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Maintains positive and effective work relationships with internal and external customers.
Appropriately exchanges constructive feedback with peers, colleagues and supervisory staff.
Actively participates in team meetings, care conferences, rounds and other forums designed to facilitate the delivery of effective and efficient patient and family care
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$36.60 - $46.65 Hourly
Salary ranges are shown for full-time jobs. If you're working part-time, your pay will be adjusted accordingly.
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Requires a Master's degree in Social Work or Social Welfare and a valid LCSW license in Pennsylvania or New Jersey. Prior clinical social work experience is required, preferably within a hospital or mental health agency setting.
Educates others on the psychosocial aspects of health and illness.
Demonstrates cultural sensitivity in all work performed.
Collaborates with others in the promotion of health through education and wellness initiatives.
Demonstrates a positive professional attitude and cooperatively and constructively relates to patients, families, staff and guests of the organization.
Acts in advocacy role to develop and improve psychosocial services to patients and families.
Professional Leadership
Demonstrates leadership in their programs, the department, hospital and as appropriate, the community.
Identifies barriers to effective service delivery or problems in work assignments and demonstrates effective and timely problem solving.
Plans, develops and implements interventions, systems or programs that improve service delivery.
Actively participates in one program, department, hospital or community committee.
Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives in assigned service area.
Is willing to provide in-service education to interested audiences.
When appropriate, serves as a field instructor, preceptor or lecturer in the student program or other educational forums of the hospital.
Professional Development
Responsible for the development and enhancement of professional practice skills.
Recognizes areas of strength and areas for development. Develops plan for supervision, consultation and/or learning.
Utilizes team members, peers and supervisory staff in consultation for professional development.
Incorporates new knowledge and feedback into practice.
Meets annual requirements for professional continuing education.
Meets annual requirements for mandatory education.
Subscribes and adheres to the NASW Code of Ethics.
Market context
Behavioral health employers in Pennsylvania often seek candidates with direct patient care experience, and roles can be more competitive when applicants also bring phlebotomy certification or experience in crisis, detox, or acute psychiatric settings. This posting requires a high school diploma or GED plus at least one year of patient care experience, and the listed requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description to save you research time. If you’re considering applying, review whether your experience matches the setting and be ready to highlight any behavioral-health or phlebotomy background.
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