Clinical Social Worker Senior (LICSW) - Pediatric Bereavement Program
$86,611–$126,027 year
On-siteBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments, biopsychosocial disposition, and treatment plan formulation for pediatric bereavement and palliative care patients and families. Provide direct mental health care, crisis intervention, and anticipatory grief support while coordinating resource navigation for home care, hospice, and community services. Monitor client progress, screen for abuse or violence, and facilitate compassionate transitions from inpatient to bereavement support. Maintain bereaved family databases, update resource libraries, and participate in interdisciplinary team meetings to optimize care plans. Collaborate with medical staff to educate providers on grief support and advocate for patients to reduce care barriers.
Required Qualifications
- Master's Degree Social Work
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker [LICSW - State License]
- Clinical social work experience 3-5 years
- Demonstrates a mastery of a range of specialized clinical diagnoses and interventions
- Conducts clinically competent complex and high-risk assessments, treatment plans and interventions
- Demonstrates mastery in problem solving abilities, conflict resolution, efficiency, and communication skills
- Formulates advanced psychosocial assessments and treatment plans
- Supports other staff in developing assessments and plans in complex cases
- Demonstrates advanced clinical judgment and innovation in advocating for clients
- Demonstrates advanced working knowledge of internal and external resources and refers appropriately
- Demonstrate ability to identify problems in order of urgency and initiate treatment plans towards timely solutions and appropriate time management skills
- Demonstrates the ability to articulate SW clinical perspective in team meetings, effectively collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to comprehensively problem solve and optimize a plan of care
- Escalates to Social Work leadership all operational issues and high risk and complex cases
- May provide clinical supervision based on department need (MSW students and/or social work staff)
- Participates in initiatives, projects, quality reviews, and committees and participates in these at an entity and Enterprise level
- Creates content for skill-based groups
- Promotes timely and concise collaboration among all disciplines and outside stakeholders to enhance patient care
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