Clinical Social Worker - Trauma

The Clinical Social Worker II or Clinical Social Worker III's (LCSW) primary responsibilities are psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, counseling, brief therapeutic interventions, consultation, education, community linkages, supportive services, and facilitate the plan of care through the health care continuum for patients, families, and staff, with particular focus on high-risk populations. The CSWII/III acts as a consultant to the clinical team, service lines and other departments and participates in program development and quality improvement initiatives.

The Clinical Social Worker II/III will provide therapeutic support to acute traumatically injured patients and their families followed by UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - Oakland. The CSWII/III coordinates' resources and services in response to a patient's psychosocial needs while collaborating with care team members to support timely and safe discharges and/or meet the continuum of care needs within the fiscal realities of the case. The CSW II/III will practice within the scope of UCSF's mission statement: Caring, Healing, Teaching, Discovering; and the values statement of UCSF's Everyday PRIDE: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity, Excellence.

The CSW II/III will participate in department education and practice improvement activities as it relates to care and support for the acute traumatically injured child and their family. The CSW III has advanced clinical knowledge and skills and is distinguished from the CSW II by leadership activities including participation in advanced program planning, provision of educational programs, clinical supervision, and consultation to the clinical team, other departments, and the community. The CSW II/III will provide social work services to any patient regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social, cultural, educational or religious background, language, age, ancestry, citizenship, color, national origin, race, presence of mental or physical disability, source of payment for care, medical condition, marital status or status as a veteran.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $46.10 - $79.62 (Hourly Rate).

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