Advanced Clinical Psychiatric Social Worker- Weekend- 20 hours weekly

Company : Children's National Hospital

Location : Washington, DC, 20004

Posted Date : 2 October 2025

Job Type : Part Time

Category : Community & Social Service

Occupation : Social Worker

Job Details

Responsible for independent clinical practice, providing individual, family, and/or group psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and their parents. Provides evaluation and assessment of children/adolescents mental health needs including psychiatric diagnoses and treatment recommendations. Provides referrals for services as indicated. Provides collaborative consultation to the Attending psychiatrist regarding the child/adolescent functioning and progress.
Weekend and Part-Time, benefit- eligible and - 20 hours weekly; 8am to 6:30pm
Qualifications:
Minimum Education
Master's Degree (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
3 years (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Ability to diagnose and provide evidence based interventions to children, adolescents, and parents.
Required Licenses and Certifications
Ind. Clinical Social Worker (Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Diagnostic Assessment

Formulates diagnoses for patients with acute or chronic mental health disorders. Diagnostically interprets data obtained from psychological test results, social histories, and interviews. Provides risk assessments for dangerousness to self and others.

Individual Psychotherapy

Provides crisis stabilization and crisis management

Is able to form a therapeutic alliance with patients from a variety of diverse backgrounds

Able to use a variety of therapeutic tools and evidence based treatment modalities

Monitors and provides feeback to treatment team psychiatrist on any reported impacts of psychotropic medication on patient's functioning and mental status

Completes required electronic documentation in a clear, concise, and timely manner

Continuously updates professional knowledge of current treatment techniques and research through attendance at seminars, continuing education courses, workshops, etc

Family Psychotherapy

Utilizes a theoretical framework for the focus of the family intervention

Able to encourage positive communication among family members

Recognizes progress and obstacles towards treatment goals and appropriately intervenes

Group Psychotherapy

Able to screen potential group members for appropriateness of group therapy

Able to express the goals of the group

Utilizes a theoretical framework for the workings of the group

Recognizes individual's progress/lack of progress in the group setting and appropriately intervenes.

Crisis/Linkage Services

Able to provide crisis intervention skills to highly distressed children and families

Able to assess for safety

Knowledgeable of community resources/supports for children and families to assist in the attainment of the treatment goals.

Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification

Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior

Partner with all team members to achieve goals

Receptive to others' ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

Contribute to a positive work environment

Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change

Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes

Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment

Cost Management/Financial Responsibility

Use resources efficiently

Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety

Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance

Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation

Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation

Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication

Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers

Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance