Social Worker, Registry

Job Description:

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine as a (Registry) Pediatric Social Worker.

This is a Pediatric Social Worker position in our fast-paced hospital to provide support and coverage as needed to facilitate timely and safe patient discharges. Become a member of the multidisciplinary team who provides consultation, assessment, and interventions for patients and families in need of emotional, social or psychological support.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develops and leads or co-leads support and/or psycho educational groups for designated patient/family populations as appropriate.
• Collaboratively formulates appropriate and realistic discharge plans, working with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team and available community-based organizations including the Wyler Child Protective Services team and DCFS.
• Performs case management functions including information and referral services and linkages to appropriate hospital resources as well as community-based organizations.
• Serves as consultant and educator both formally and informally to the care and multidisciplinary teams regarding biopsychosocial components of illness and hospitalization.
• Attends and participates in multidisciplinary patient care rounds as available.
• Provides administrative coverage when requested.
• Participates in data collection process for social work.
• Develops accurate psychosocial assessments which examine the current problems as well as relevant biopsychosocial and environmental factors.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social work from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work education.
• Possess current state of Illinois Social Work License (LSW required).
• Requires knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the lifespan.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Previous clinical social work experience in an acute care hospital setting of at least one year.

Position Details:

• Job Type/FTE: Registry – (.20 FTE)
• Shift: 8-hour shift - 8:00am to 4:30pm
• Work Location: Comer
• Unit/Department: Social Work
• CBA Code: Non-Union