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Clinical Social Worker, Eating Disorders

Boston Children's Hospital
place Boston, 02103
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Spanish
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Eating/Feeding Disorders
Medication Management
Groups
Individuals
Racial Justice Allied

About Job

Position Summary/Department Summary:
This full-time LICSW position is part of a vibrant, multidisciplinary team within the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. The social worker will serve a key role in the outpatient Eating Disorders Program, providing clinical care and case coordination to adolescents and young adults with eating disorder diagnoses in an integrated, fast-paced medical setting.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Conducting psychosocial evaluations for patients presenting with eating disorder symptoms
  • Providing ongoing individual and group therapy using evidence-based approaches
  • Supporting patients and families with intensive care coordination, service navigation, care team collaboration, resource information, referrals, and crisis intervention as needed
  • Collaborating closely with medical, nutrition, and mental health colleagues as part of a comprehensive care team
  • Participating in interdisciplinary case consultation and care coordination
  • Contributing one weekly 4-hour daytime shift to the outpatient Adolescent/Young Adult Clinic’s mental health on-call service
Minimum Qualifications

Education:
  • Master’s degree in social work
Experience:
  • Prior clinical experience working with adolescents/young adults with eating disorders strongly preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to provide expert clinical assessment and therapeutic care to medically and psychiatrically complex patients
  • Knowledge and experience with Massachusetts based human services and community resources
  • Excellent communication and writing skills; flexibility and capacity to thrive in a collaborative team-based environment
  • Experience in medical settings preferred
  • Bilingual/bicultural candidates encouraged to apply, Spanish fluency a plus
  • Ability to work in a hybrid model, with private space for telehealth and on-site availability at least twice per week
  • Availability to work at minimum one evening per week
Licensure/Certifications:
  • LICSW licensure in the state of MA is required

New hires are eligible for a $5,000 sign on bonus!


Boston Children’s Hospital offers competitive compensation and unmatched benefits including flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, childcare and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork. plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder
Eating/Feeding Disorders

Issues

Medication Management

Age Groups

Children (5-10)
Adolescents/Teenagers (14-19)
Adults

Therapeutic Approach

Modalities

Groups
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Populations

Racial Justice Allied
School

Settings

In-patient Non-Psychiatric
In-patient Psychiatric
Intense Out-patient (IOP)
Milieu
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Home Health/In-home