Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Position Purpose: The Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LSCW) provides mental health services, care coordination, and family support to children, adolescents, and their families in an outpatient pediatric clinic setting. This role focuses on early intervention and management of emotional, behavioral, and developmental concerns to support overall health and well-being.

Essential Functions

1. Conduct age-appropriate direct clinical services to clients (0-18 years), which include intake, assessment, and treatment planning, for an array of services.
2. Provide individual and family therapy using developmentally appropriate , evidence-based approaches (e.g., play therapy, CBT, trauma-informed care)
3. Documents all interactions and services provided in the client's case file and manages files according to regulatory requirements.
4. Collaborate with pediatricians, psychiatrists, and support staff to develop and implement integrated treatment plans.
5. Educate and support families in navigating behavioral health services, special education resources, and community support.
6. Provide crisis intervention and risk assessments for concerns such as suicidal ideation, abuse/neglect, or acute behavioral issues.
7. Advocate for children’s needs in school, social service, and medical systems.
8. Maintain timely, accurate, and confidential documentation in the electronic health record.
9. Provides off-site educational workshops and services, community outreach, establishes and facilitates support/therapeutic groups in the community.
10. Maintains a professional knowledge base through literature review, seminars, workshops, meetings and in-service throughout the calendar year. Participates in professional association activities and obtains Continuing Education hours as necessary to maintain clinical licensure.
11. Performs other activities as needed as the program evolves.
12. Attend meetings as requested by the management team.

Marginal Functions

• Performs both essential and marginal job functions in a safe manner as identified bySaintAnthonyHospitaland the respective department while adhering to the Hospital’s confidentiality norms and standards. Actively and consistently demonstrates the core values ofSaintAnthonyHospitalin all interactions with others.
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and maintaining established hospital and departmental objectives, policies/procedures including mission, vision, and values as well as patient satisfaction levels and mechanisms to achieve the goals.
• Demonstrates competence in communicating and collaborating effectively with staff and health care providers.

General Job Requirements (List any required knowledge, skills, experiences, or training, including length of time necessary for proficiency, required to perform the job.)

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in the State of Illinois required.
• Minimum of one-year experience providing clinical services to a pediatric population.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish required
• Ability to work well both independently and as a team member.
• Ability to work quarterly marketing events (May be held on a Saturday or Sunday)

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies in the performance of the essential functions of this position.

• Dependability—the individual is consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction and accepts feedback on performance improvement.
• Interpersonal skills—the individual establishes relationships quickly with all levels of employees within the organizations serviced, is able to maintain strict confidentiality, is amendable to hear others' ideas and is flexible in determining new ways of completing tasks.
• Communication—the individual speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; able to produce written documents and communications that provide clear expression of ideas or goals; is able to actively listen to gain an understanding of a situation and respond accordingly.
• Planning/organizing —the individual prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently; able to effectively multi-task various projects simultaneously and complete each within suitable time frames.
• Quality control demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors your own work to ensure quality; ability to edit work for spelling and grammar and presents numerical data effectively.
• Adaptability, the individual adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events.

Company Description

Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, nonprofit, faith-based, acute care, community hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the families on the West Side and Southwest Side of Chicago.

We have grown to provide medical care, social services, and community outreach to the residents of several city neighborhoods, including: Little Village, North Lawndale, Brighton Park, Garfield Park, Back of the Yards, McKinley Park, Archer Heights, Pilsen, Austin, and Chinatown, as well as suburban Cicero.

Saint Anthony offers quality services close to home, caring for people regardless of their nationality, religious affiliation, and ability to pay.

Company Description

Saint Anthony Hospital is an independent, nonprofit, faith-based, acute care, community hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the families on the West Side and Southwest Side of Chicago.\r\n\r\nWe have grown to provide medical care, social services, and community outreach to the residents of several city neighborhoods, including: Little Village, North Lawndale, Brighton Park, Garfield Park, Back of the Yards, McKinley Park, Archer Heights, Pilsen, Austin, and Chinatown, as well as suburban Cicero.\r\n\r\nSaint Anthony offers quality services close to home, caring for people regardless of their nationality, religious affiliation, and ability to pay.