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This position has been designated as safety sensitive and cannot be filled by a candidate who is a current user of medical marijuana.
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Work Shift:
Day Shift
Time Type:
Full time
Department:
CC017200 Social WorkMonday to Friday, full-time
In congruence with the NASW Code of Ethics, provide competent, quality Social Work services to patients and their families. The clinician must be able to function as an independent practitioner, work under stressful conditions, demonstrate assertiveness skills, and be able to work well with others. Clinically must be able to perform quality assessments, have knowledge of family systems, demonstrate effective communication techniques, and be flexible in job responsibilities.
Master's Degree
Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) - Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board
1. Provides thorough clinical assessments using a biopsychosocial model to determine the needs of AC's diverse, multicultural population.
2. Communicates patient's situation and problems (including age appropriate language, cultural, religious needs/issues) with other team members.
3. Provides professional social work assistance to patients and families as related to illness, hospitalization, and other issues identified working with other health team members, families and outside agencies.
4. Makes independent assessments by utilizing information available; documents assessments according to department guidelines. As a LMSW, consults with LCSW on cases with a safety component.
5. Documents barriers to compliance or treatment recommendations, current status of patient and family's knowledge regarding medical or psychiatric condition, emotional needs and community/family resources.
6. Devises and implements appropriate therapeutic interventions and plans for patients and families that are comprehensive and outcome focused.
7. Documents continued reassessment of provision of social work services if plan indicates ongoing social work follow-up.
8. Transitions cases appropriately (including arranging for follow-up of identified social issues and indicates in documentation of appropriate plans if needed).
9. Updates documentation when plan changes
10. Maintains a 70% direct patient contact ratio in order to establish rapport with the patient and family.
11. Provides continuity of care regardless of shift parameters until appropriate transition can occur.
12. Actively participates in problem solving strategies related to patient care.
13. Seeks opportunities to improve positive social determinants of care withn and outside the Social Work Department.
14. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
