Job Description

School Social Worker at Intermountain Health summary:

The School Social Worker provides clinical expertise by conducting comprehensive psychosocial assessments and developing individualized treatment plans for day treatment patients. This role involves collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare providers to coordinate care and advocate for patients' needs, ensuring effective transitions and support. Operating under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), the School Social Worker contributes to a trauma-informed educational environment focused on children's mental health.

Job Description:

The School Social Worker leverages clinical expertise to conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments, create and implement individualized treatment plans, and contribute to the development and implementation of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), delivering exceptional care to day treatment patients. This role collaborates closely with patients, families, healthcare providers, insurers, community resources, and other stakeholders to assess patient needs, deliver services, coordinate care, develop transition plans, and advocate for patients. The position operates under the direct supervision of an LCSW.

The School Social Worker is an integral part of Mount Saint Vincent’s day treatment program. Mount Saint Vincent, a care site of Intermountain Health, is the Rocky Mountain region’s premier provider of mental health treatment, foster care services, preschool, K-8 education, and trauma-informed training – all focused on children and their families.

As a School Social Worker you need to know how to:

• Work under the supervision of an identified LCSW, actively engaging in required supervision through meetings, consultations, and chart reviews.
• Utilize trauma-informed care to build strong relationships with patients, interpret behaviors, and respond effectively to meet their needs.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide psychotherapeutic interventions in alignment with the treatment and behavior plan.
• Administer assessment tools to screen for behavioral health symptoms and diagnoses.
• Coordinate the discharge planning process, screen patient needs, develop discharge plans, and collaborate with internal and external services for ongoing care.
• Complete accurate, timely documentation in the medical record to ensure clear communication with the care team.
• Meet productivity standards and expectations.
• Satisfy all Intermountain Health requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills:

• Child development
• Behavioral Health
• Customer Service
• Interpersonal Communication
• Trauma informed care
• Family Education
• Psychoeducation
• Patient Care
• Cultural communication
• Documentation

Minimum requirements:

• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited program (degree will be verified)
• Current State Licensure as a Licensed Social Worker or equivalent
• Current Colorado Department of Education (CDE) licensure as Special Services Provider (SSP) or Temporary Educator Eligibility (TEE) Authorization within 30 days of employment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills · Proficiency in computer applications
• Positive driving motor vehicle (DMV) record, proof of current automobile insurance coverage, and a copy of a valid and current Colorado driver's license
• Basic Life Support and First Aid within 90 days of employment

​ Preferred:

• Experience working in a behavioral health setting
• Bi-lingual in Spanish

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Physical Requirements:

• Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required.
• Ability to adjust work schedule based on business needs.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Ability to regularly lift and / or move up to 50 pounds.
• Employees must be physically able to use crisis prevention intervention techniques including: physical management of a child, running to prevent a runaway incident.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, run or crawl.

Location:

Mount St Vincent Home

Work City:

Denver

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.  

$30.94 - $47.77

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Keywords:

school social worker, mental health, psychosocial assessments, individualized treatment plans, trauma-informed care, patient advocacy, child development, behavioral health, family education, psychoeducation

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time, Temporary work, Shift work,

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