Overview

The Clinical Social Worker III provides clinical social work services to students and their families. Serves as a social work role and training model to graduate social work and counseling trainees and interdisciplinary team members; and provides direct administrative and clinical supervision to social workers and graduate students in the department and/or is responsible for some administrative leadership within the school program. Demonstrates clinical expertise in a specialty area of social work. Develops Mental Health IEP goals and implements those goals as outlined.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical and administrative supervision and consultation to clinical social workers and graduate social work students.
• Provides social work services to students, including psychosocial assessment and treatment/interventions, including but not limited to individual and group therapy, case management services and family therapy if needed.
• Participates in the intake process and evaluates/assess potential students for admission to the Kennedy Krieger High School.
• Provides appropriate documentation according to departmental guidelines, including but not limited to required IEP documentation, progress notes, Functional Behavioral Assessments, Behavioral Intervention Plans, and reports for outside agencies.
• Participates in the development of Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavioral Intervention Plans.
• Functions effectively within a multidisciplinary team, by advocating for client needs, participating actively in team plans, and using clear, concise, and assertive communication in written and oral form.
• Demonstrates a competent approach to crisis management including clinical and any necessary administrative follow-up. Will appropriately document crisis intervention forms as required by interdepartmental guidelines.
• Maintains working relationships with staff, students and their families, interdisciplinary and interagency representatives, Institute staff and visitors.
• Collaborates and interfaces with the Educational Administrator for the program on a regular basis in order to problem solve, support on-line staff, etc. and facilitates weekly program meetings within the program.
• Provides individual and group clinical peer supervision to clinical social workers within the program and provides individual supervision to other licensed Social Workers within the program as needed.
• Responsible for being the on-call clinician according to the programmatic schedule/rotation (includes wearing a pager for the duration of the school day).
• Conducts interviews of social worker candidates.
• Participates in the development and implementation of in-service training seminars and ongoing training for staff as needed.
• Considers cultural factors in treatment planning for students and in working with their families.
  
  

Qualifications

• *Individual must demonstrate competence across all age groups due to the diversity of the children and families served by KKI.
• *Clinical care focus is on the neonate, pediatric, and adolescent populations, as well as some adults with disabilities.
• Must be registered as a supervisor with the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners, according to state regulation for social work licensure (requires having taken 12 Board-approved CEUs or a class in clinical supervision as part of the Masters Degree program.)
  
  

EDUCATION:

• Master’s degree from an accredited school of Social Work is required.
• Must be licensed in the State of Maryland, by the Board of Social Work Examiners, Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (L.C.S.W.-C.).
  
  

EXPERIENCE:

• The Clinical Social Worker III must have four years of clinical experience in the provision of services to children and adolescents with developmental, learning and/or emotional disabilities.
  
  

Benefits

Kennedy Krieger Institute offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K with match, tuition reimbursement, student debt relief program, free parking and child care subsidies! In addition, we offer rich professional development opportunities.

EOE/M/F/D/V

Minimum pay range

USD $83,674.00/Yr.

Maximum pay range

USD $101,634.00/Yr.