Work Location
Orange, California

Work Shift
Day - 08hrs (United States of America)

Job Summary
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker I is responsible for the delivery of social services through a collaborative process, including the patient and family, ancillary care, providers, and the community. The goal of the Social Worker is to maximize the ability of the patient and family to achieve optimal health and behavioral health outcomes. Social Workers assess the patient and family, advocate within the health system, providing education and counseling, and link patients and families to community resources to meet their needs; contributes to the overall quality of the department through program development, mentoring, and/or quality improvement activities. This is a promotional position.

Pay Range
Minimum $86,258 Midpoint $114,296 Maximum $142,334

Rate of pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, education, as well as position requirements.

Experience
• Required: Minimum three years of experience in a health/behavioral health care setting or social service setting serving children and families. Clinical supervision experience.
• Preferred: Three years of experience in a pediatric hospital.

Education
• Required: Master's degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.

Specialized Skills
• Required: Working knowledge of and training in mental health, interpersonal violence, child welfare, motivational interviewing, and trauma informed care. Ability to work effectively under pressure due to changing priorities. Excellent interpersonal communication, including conflict resolution, problem solving, negotiation skills, and teamwork. Clinical knowledge of developmental stages, behavioral health, counseling techniques, and care planning. Strong cultural humility. Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to work independently. Exercises sound judgment and excellent social work ethics in interactions with physicians, patients and their families. Knowledge and skills necessary to communicate with internal and outside resources and agencies and facilitate connections to services.
• Preferred: Bilingual in Spanish/Vietnamese.

Licensure
• Required: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW); RQI Responder - American Heart Association (within six (6) months of hire/transfer).
• Preferred: ACM or CCM.

Work Environments - Functional Demand:
Sedentary - Very light energy level Lift 10 lbs. box overhead. Lift and carry 15 lbs. Push/pull 20 lbs. cart.

Physical Activity Requirements:
Bending, Carry Objects, Climbing, Keyboard use/repetitive motion, Pinching/fine motor activities, Push/Pull, Reaching forward, Reaching overhead, Sitting, Squat/kneel/crawl (Squad & Knee), Standing, Talk or hear, Taste or smell, Twisting, Walking, Wrist position deviation

Physical Activity Lifting
Lifting (Floor to waist level) - Occasional 0-35%, Lifting (Waist level and above) - Occasional 0-35%

Sensory Requirements:
Color Discrimination, Depth Perception, Far Vision, Hearing, Near Vision

Environment Requirements:
Airborn Communicable Disease, Bloodborne Pathogens, Chemical, Dust Particular Matter, Extreme Noise Levels, Extreme Temperatures, Radiation, Uneven Surfaces or Elevations