Texas Children's Hospital·The Woodlands, Texas
Develop and deliver evidence-based assessment and therapy services to youth and families within a pediatric hospital setting. Coordinate care with other providers and facilitate the use of community resources to improve patient functioning.
We’re searching for a Behavioral Health Clinician, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will develop, plan and deliver evidence-based assessment and therapy services to youth and families. Engages in social work services to assist patients and families in identifying and utilizing health care and community resources optimally.
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Job Duties & Responsibilities
Provides evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screenings/assessment, and focused patient/family counseling/therapy in accordance with the patients/families right to self-determination and principles of confidentiality.
Provides psychosocial screenings/assessments by interviewing patients and/or their families for information about the patients’ social, emotional/psychological, developmental/educational/vocational, environmental, financial and health situations, within authorization periods, as required for patient care and/or treatment/transitional planning.
Provides evidence based psychotherapy for individual, family, parent and groups to help patients/families reduce symptoms of mental illness and improve functioning across environments,
Establishes achievable treatment goals with patients.
Tracks patient progress via ongoing symptom and functional assessment, using reliable and valid measures where available, and adjusts treatment plan in accordance with findings
Creates and manages individualized and/or family treatment plans to address mental health needs of patient.
Completes therapy notes for each individual/family therapy session(s) and/or summaries regarding services when needed.
Assists in maintaining privacy and confidentiality of therapy records
Complies with all expectations set by licensing board and by TCH compliance/risk management regarding informed consent, confidentiality, and documentation of services provided.
Coordinates care with other mental health providers to insure selected treatments match the patient’s current diagnosis, symptoms, developmental level, and functioning across environments.
Actively participates in provider's conferences to identify and respond to the psychosocial needs of the patients/families and to provide psychosocial information pertinent to formulating Plans of Care.
Assesses and follows-up with provider's recommendations of changes in the patient/family status and/or needs, as appropriate.
Develops, implements and/or updates comprehensive pediatric or adult women's social work care plans.
Facilitates patient/family use of community resources.
Pursues Professional Development.
Provides clinical supervision for LMSWs working LCSW licensure.
Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
Requires a Master's degree in Social Work or a related field and a valid Texas license as an LCSW, LPC, or LMFT. A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in social work or counseling is required.
Market context
Behavioral-health openings in Texas often favor licensed clinicians because employers need candidates who can step into patient-facing care with minimal onboarding. Competition is shaped by the required master’s degree, Texas license, and preferred psychiatric experience, plus CPR and CPI certifications. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this page to save research time, then confirm your license type and highlight any psychiatric or crisis-care experience in your application.
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