Clinical Social Worker

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Duke Health Integrated Practice

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke Health Integrated Practice, which comprises more than 110 primary and specialty outpatient clinics, extending the reach of Duke Health's mission across the state of North Carolina.

$5,000 Commitment Bonus & $8,000 Relocation Assistance for qualifying candidates!

JOB LOCATION:

Duke Children's and Internal Medicine North Durham - 3116 N Duke St, Durham, NC

JOB SUMMARY:

HealthySteps, a program of ZERO TO THREE, promotes nurturing caregiving, which supports families and improves healthy development and well-being of babies and toddlers, preparing them for school and life. We aim to achieve this goal by weaving together the expertise of a child development expert, the HealthySteps Specialist, and the pediatric primary care provider. The HealthySteps Specialist is an early child development expert who will join the pediatric primary care team at Duke Children's Primary Care at North Duke Street to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with patients ages 0-3. The HealthySteps Specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team-based comprehensive care. Learn more about HealthySteps at healthysteps.org

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preventive and Responsive Care
  
  
  
  • Promotes HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers
  • Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider; visits focus on monitoring development, social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance
  • Conducts consultations on a short-term basis for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, picky eating, etc.
  • Maintains a family support line and responds to and tracks call requests within the designated response time
  • Participates in reflective supervision meetings
  • May facilitate parent/caregiver groups
  
  
  
  
• Team-Based Care
  
  
  
  • Is an active member of the HS Implementation Team and attends regular team meetings
  • Works with the front office administrative staff to ensure scheduling of the HS Specialist's time in coordination with provider visits (i.e., well-child visits)
  • Engages in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) initiatives to ensure the HealthySteps model is delivered with fidelity
  • Collaborates with HealthySteps implementation team to implement all eight Core Components including universal screenings, making positive parenting and early learning guidance information available, and adjusting workflows for optimal efficiency
  • Maintains open communication with all members of the primary care team
  • Works closely with pediatric primary providers around care coordination, goal setting, coaching, and education about key aspects of a child's development
  • Provides consultation and/or facilitates training to medical professionals and all practice staff re: early childhood development, early relational health/infant early childhood mental health, and trauma informed practice
  
  
  
  
• Referrals and Community Collaborations
  
  
  
  • Creates and maintains community resource directory/database.
  • Provides referrals and tracks follow-up, as appropriate, to help families make successful connections to key resources within the community.
  • Reaches out to community providers within first 6 months in position to share about HealthySteps, their role, and receive information to support referrals, warm handoffs, and ensure appropriate referral criteria is met.
  • Participates (when appropriate) in community-wide early childhood and/or mental health meetings.
  
  
  
  
• Caseload Tracking, Record Keeping, and Reporting
  
  
  
  • Maintains extensive databases required to meet HealthySteps fidelity metrics including both internal and external referrals.
  • Collaborates with HealthySteps Implementation Team to complete required annual site reporting to the HealthySteps National Office at ZERO TO THREE, which may include analysis of both external database files and EHR data reports.
  • Documents all patient clinical activity and care coordination in EHR.
  • Tracks caseload to ensure capacity to deliver the HS services within the risk stratified service delivery model. This includes ensuring exit criteria is met and that families and children are elevated to higher levels of care or referred to community providers if needed. Professional Development Activities
  • Participates in HealthySteps training (Virtual HealthySteps Institute), annual model refresher course, and other model trainings as needed
  • Participates in administrative and clinical/reflective supervision meetings
  • Completes HealthySteps Competency Based Professional Development Assessment and develops and implements a professional development plan that is updated annually
  
  
  
  

JOB ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's degree in social work from an accredited school of social work
• Two year of post internship social work experience in a health care setting or social service agency. Two years recent post master's experience in a clinical setting preferred.
• Current licensure as a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) by the NC Social Work Certification and Licensure Board.

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