Buffalo Hearing & Speech has an opening for a part time Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) for preschool counseling cases in the Northtowns/Niagara County area to work on a Fee for Service basis. The LCSW must have availability during the school as several of the children will be seen in dayscares/preschools and will be paid $39.50 per completed 30 minute session. There is currently a need for approximately 5 cases per week, but could increase based on LCSW's availabilty.
Essential Functions:
- Display competence as a Social Worker, adhering to legal and agency guideline. Serve as an advocate to children/clients, providing counseling/support and delivering advice. Providing guidance to children/clients emotionally, socially, educationally, etc.
- Deliver on-going assessments and/or treatment to children, communicating with necessary staff and documenting assessments appropriately. a. Collaborate with other team members or those individuals designated by the agency and/or contract (e.g. family members, teachers, speech-language pathologists, consumers, etc.) to facilitate comprehensive treatment. b. Communicating with families on an on-going basis on prognosis.
- Provide family support, serving as a communication and counseling resource for families.
- Respond to crisis situations, ensuring each situation is handled appropriately in terms of reporting and documentation. Communicating such events to other staff, families, and supervisors as appropriate.
- Maintain licensure and staying abreast of best practices in the field
- Assist in making CPS/APS calls and follow up procedure, if needed
- Any other duty as requested by your supervisor
Skills:
- The ability to identify with or vicariously experience another person’s situation
- Maintain the capacity to set boundaries and accept the limits of what can be accomplished during a specified period of time
- The ability to listen carefully, ask pertinent questions and retain verbally transmitted information is vital to the counseling aspect of social work
- The ability to coordinate communication and action among multiple parties, in connecting clients with services
Education:
Minimum Degree Required: Graduate degree from accredited university/college in Social Work
Required License/ Registration/ Certification:
- New York State Licensed Clinical Master of Social Worker (LCSW)
- NYS Social Worker Certificate
