Social Worker - MSW (Pediatrics)

Social Worker

At Pediatric Specialty Care, our expert team of pediatric care professionals are devoted to supporting all aspects of a child's unique journey. Our pediatric care provides the best possible care for technology-dependent and medically fragile children who are with us for transitional, short-term, and possible long-term care as needed. The goal of Pediatric Specialty Care is to enable children with special needs to realize their fullest potential in a nurturing and supportive environment. Our passionate team of pediatric care specialists work with each individual to help navigate their unique journey and celebrate every victory along the way.

Pediatric Specialty Care is currently seeking a Social Worker that will serve on an inter-disciplinary team that provides care coordination, discharge planning and support to individuals and families with necessary resources. This role is an integral part of the IDT team and facilitates coordination of information between internal members and external agencies such as regulatory agencies, Children and Youth Services, and funding sources.

The Social Worker Position Overview:

• Will assist families with admission, crisis management, resolving personal, financial and environmental issues.
• Maintains regular and frequent contact with families, caseworkers, school staff, and therapists as necessary.
• Completes insurance update and COMPASS renewals of benefits
• Participates in bi-weekly and ad-hoc social services calls.
• Acts as point-of-contact for Children and Youth Services and attends court hearings as needed

Responsibilities:

1. Assists individuals and families to acclimate them to the facility upon admission.
2. Assists with individual admissions; conducts initial psycho-social assessments and completes welcome program documents and consents as needed.
3. Works collaboratively with individuals, families and serves as a liaison to outside agencies and community resources.
4. Responsible for the coordination of monthly visits with Children and Youth Agencies.
5. Maintains regular and frequent contact with families, caseworkers, school staff, and therapists as necessary.
6. Responsible for documentation of all communication within electronic medical record system.
7. Assists individuals and families with crisis management, resolving personal, financial and environmental difficulties that could interfere with continued placement or discharge home.
8. Participates in various facility and educational planning meetings including, but not limited to: interdisciplinary meetings, Quality Insurance meetings, Safety Committee meetings, IEP meetings, behavior meetings, etc.
9. Assesses discharge potential and coordinates discharge planning which includes but is not limited to: locating in home supports, equipment providers, and in-home nursing as well as home assessments; travels to individual's homes as necessary.
10. Acts as point-of-contact for Children and Youth Services and attends court hearings as needed.
11. Completes insurance updates as necessary.
12. Completes COMPASS renewals of insurance benefits.
13. Responsible for representative payee duties including benefit renewals, yearly audits, and managing of resident funds for SSI benefits.
14. Acts as integral role in the incident management process (EIM/HCSIS); responsible for daily review and oversight of the input of information and closure of incident reports as needed.
15. Participates in facility orientation for all new staff on the Social Services function.
16. Completes Office of Aging referrals including PASSR and MA51.
17. Participates in Quality Assurance process and reporting of required data.
18. Participates in bi-weekly and ad-hoc social services calls.
19. Arrives to work on time, regularly, and works as scheduled.
20. Recognizes and follows the dress code of the facility including wearing name tag at all times.
21. Follows policy and procedure regarding all electronic devices, computers, tablets, etc.
22. Supports and abides by Pediatric Specialty Care's Mission, Vision, and Values.
23. Abides by Pediatric Specialty Care's businesses code of conduct, compliance and HIPAA policies.
24. Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor, management staff or Administrator.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work or related field
• Minimum of three (3) years of work experience in a healthcare or case management setting, preferably pediatrics
• Valid, current driver license
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Knowledge of children with special healthcare needs and their related services preferred
• Experience working with family and community systems preferred

• This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

EOE Statement

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.