Senior Social Worker - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' Trauma and Resilience Center

UTHealth Houston's Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences' Trauma and Resilience Center is hiring a Senior Social Worker! The UTHealth Houston Trauma and Resilience Center (TRC) is a multidisciplinary treatment, research, and education center offering exclusively evidence-based, trauma-focused care for patients struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma-related behavioral health conditions such as depression, insomnia, and substance abuse related to the traumatic event.

Position Summary

Independently provides advanced professional social work services to address medical, psychiatric and social concerns by using a Biopsychosocial perspective to asses, evaluate, implement, monitor, advocate and implement services for patients. Position Key Accountabilities: Conducts comprehensive assessment to interprets patients social, emotional, environmental and financial needs. Plans course of treatment or refers cases to appropriate professionals, institutions or agencies to ensure that patients receive appropriate treatment or referral. Obtains data from patients and/or relatives in the best interest of their problems to assist in the development of a number of significant teaching endeavors, programs, and social services. With the objective of meeting total patient care, assesses patients and/or relatives to gain understanding of the individual's problems and needs. Collaborates with the physician and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to coordinate care, enhance the patient experience and achieve collaborative goals. Collaboratively develops patient goals, monitors progress, addresses barriers to goal achievement, and evaluates outcomes of individualized care plans. Conducts individual and or group counseling. Prepares detailed reports for review with coworkers or a faculty member. Responds to emergency situations. Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills

• Knowledge of DSM-5 Criteria. Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) by State of Texas required or Licensed Clinical
• Social
• Worker (LCSW) by
• State of
• Texas required
• Minimum
• Education: Master's Degree in Social Work from a school approved by the
• Council on
• Social
• Work required
• Minimum
• Experience: 4 years of social work experience required, with at least 1 year of experience providing evidence-based, client-centered counseling (group or independent) required
• Physical
• Requirements: Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Security
• Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
• Veteran
• Information: Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 0868, 42S1, 42S3, 42S4, 42SX, 73A. For a complete list please visit www.uthealth-veterans.jobs.
• Residency
• Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.