Job Details

The Social Work Manager provides oversight of the department operations and is accountable for direction, supervision, and evaluation of Social Work services throughout the continuum. The Manager is responsible for unit operations including scheduling, position control, staffing, and coordination of quality improvement processes. In collaboration with the Director, leads the development, implementation and evaluation of departmental goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and standards of care which contribute to the achievement of excellent patient care, strategic plan, and care delivery model. The Social Work Manager is responsible for collaborating with Valley Children's Healthcare services, personnel and departments to ensure efficient and appropriate utilization of resources. Under the guidance of the Director, the Social Work Manager identifies and develops effective working relationships with pediatric and adult care community resources to establish appropriate referral base eligibility, criteria and service access. The Manager will track, process, and report progress of department initiatives to measure success in meeting identified goals.

Valley Children’s Healthcare – one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation – provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children’s hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum four (4) years healthcare setting as a social worker experience required
• Minimum two (2) leadership experience in patient care services/care coordinator department required
• Knowledge of program development and evaluation, mental health patient care rights and consent laws, and California Children’s Services (CCS) requirements
• Demonstrated skills related to management, planning, budgeting, and quality improvement
• Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills
• Strong verbal, written and networking skills
• Demonstrated supervisory skills to include planning and delegating work, follow-up, coaching, mentorship, and administering Human Resources’ programs and policies.

EDUCATION/LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work required
• Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW) from the California Board of Behavioral Sciences required

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