We are searching for a Behavioral Health Social Worker for the Department of Psychology -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting and is committed to supporting the Foster Care Clinic and Psychology patients with acute care needs. This professional will serve as a social worker and an ambulatory service representative, facilitating communication among Child Protective Services (CPS), attorneys, law enforcement, and foster care parents, while efficiently coordinating therapy appointments for children. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including CPS, legal entities, law enforcement, case managers, and foster parents, is integral to addressing the diverse needs of children and families in the foster care system. Beyond these responsibilities, the individual will lead the transformation of workflow processes by transitioning the appointment scheduling work queue, managing secure communication through video links, ensuring updated patient care details, and offering foster care families appropriate access to patient information. The person in this position will also assist with crisis support for non-foster families (e.g., locating and transitioning patients with escalating needs to higher levels of care, such as inpatient behavioral health, IOP, PHP, and Residential Treatment programs).

As the volume, acuity, and complexity of patients seen by Psychology providers increase, we need an additional social worker to receive warm handoffs for referrals and transfers to specialized and higher levels of care, inside and outside of our system. Some families will require case management services, including ongoing interactions with a family as they navigate the broader behavioral health and child welfare systems. This role will apply optimal utilization of health care services and community resources in accordance with the principles of human growth and development. The social worker will assess, plan, implement, deliver, monitor, and evaluate the options and services required to address a patient's individualized care plan in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to achieve discharge goals.

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Responsibilities
• Develops and initiates the Psychosocial Plan of Care
• Provides support and intervention for families with legally complex cases evidenced by referral to appropriate community resources, or as documented in the medical record
• Works collaboratively with Psychologists and other Behavioral Health Clinicians
• Engages and empowers patient/family in problem solving and decision making regarding their treatment plans as evidenced by documentation in the medical record and/or team observation/feedback
• Identifies problems/needs in the department and participates in the problem-solving process as evidenced by participation in department staff meetings, participation on a department committees and observation by the leadership team
• Utilizes quality improvement process to identify opportunities for improvement and establish/assess/evaluate best practice programs and services
• Educates self by reading professional literature and attending staff development and continuing education programs as evidenced by attendance and CEU records
• Provides evidence-based, and client-centered therapy to help patients and their families cope with their medical, behavioral, or mental health conditions

Requirements
• Master's degree in social work required
• LMSW, LCSW or LMSW-AP license from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission required
• 2-3 years' experience in Social Work preferred
• Psychology/behavioral health/mental health experience preferred
• Experience with CPS, legal entities, law enforcement, case managers, and foster parents a plusSince 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

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