MRSS BSW Clinician

Schedule: Day/Evening - Monday - Friday - 8-10-hour shifts between program hours 8am - 8pm

Program is currently open on holidays that fall on weekdays

Nationwide Children's Hospital is a recognized leader in behavioral and mental health care, advancing the field through research, innovative interventions, strategic initiatives, and comprehensive treatment options.

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Valid Ohio driver's license and proof of auto insurance is required by hospital policy. Must pass a motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications and training set forth by Nationwide Children's Hospital and must maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.

Essential Functions:

• Collaborates to complete telephone consultation, screening, and triage processes that determine needs of those calling through the crisis hotline. Provides trauma-informed and culturally competent crisis intervention, risk assessment, de-escalation, collaborative safety planning, psychoeducation, and recommendations.
• Recommends disposition for least restrictive level of care, utilizes case conceptualization, supervision and staffing as appropriate. Completes necessary assessments, documentation, follow up, and data collection. Remains updated related to required trainings, research, and literature in areas of expertise.
• Collaborates to identify skills, supports, resources, and services that assist with stabilizing the crisis and preventing future crises from occurring.
• Collaborates to further support throughout the stabilization and transition phases. Provides clinical direction and oversight for cases co-managed with non-licensed team members. Delivers a warm handoff to long-term behavioral health providers and supports, including completion of a transition plan.
• Coordinates services for assigned families as defined by service goals. Provides care coordination and collaboration with current behavioral health providers, natural supports, and other systems involved with youth and family.
• Initiates mandatory reporting of abuse or neglect to Child Protective Services or other applicable agencies per Ohio law.

Education Requirement:

BSW or higher, required.

Licensure Requirement:

LSW or higher, required.

Certifications:

Upon hire, must complete and pass NCH endorsed Crisis Management Training within 90 days.

Skills:

• Demonstrated skills in providing behavioral health assessment and treatment to children and adolescents.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise a degree of independence, initiative, judgment, and decision-making to prioritize workload and achieve program objectives.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a team member to ensure consistent quality of services that support a high level of patient and provider satisfaction.
• Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills required to establish and maintain productive and collaborative team and multi-disciplinary relationships.
• Demonstrated sensitivity, empathy, objectivity, professionalism, effective engagement and customer service skills, and sound clinical judgement in the course of all work duties.
• Embraces principles of family centered care in which needs and perspectives of patients and families are acknowledged and honored.

Experience:

• One year of providing crisis-based mental health services with children and adolescents, preferred.
• Previous experience facilitating crisis intervention services, preferred.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Cold Temperatures, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Hot Temperatures, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Loud Noises, Reaching above shoulder, Working at Heights, Working Outdoors

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Climb stairs/ladder, Color vision, Depth perception, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Flexing/extending of neck, Peripheral vision, Seeing - Far/near, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

Assisting with physical holds/manual restrains, escorts of agitated or aggressive patients.

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"