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Children's National Medical Center

Advanced Clinical Psychiatric Social Worker- Weekend- 20 hours weekly

Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022

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Job Description - Advanced Clinical Psychiatric Social Worker- Weekend- 20 hours weekly (250001GG) Job Description Advanced Clinical Psychiatric Social Worker- Weekend- 20 hours weekly - ( 250001GG ) Description 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 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

Primary Location

Primary Location : District of Columbia-Washington Work Locations

Work Locations : CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010 Job

Job : Non-Clinical Professional Organization

Organization : Ctr Neuroscience & Behav Med Position Status : R (Regular) - PT - Part-Time Job Posting

Full-Time Salary Range

Full-Time Salary Range : 75566.4 - 125944 Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster. Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.

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