Description: Job Summary:

Position provides case management and short term, solution based counseling to high risk children and their families who have significant psycho-social barriers to receiving health care and maintaining optimum health. The social worker collaborates with a wide range of Kaiser Permanente health care team members and community partners.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides short term case management to high risk, medically, and socially complex pediatric patients and their families served by special need plans which will result in improved compliance and a decreased risk of readmission to the hospital and or the Emergency Department.


• Coordinates care plan developed with MD, patient/family, and appropriate community partners to promote understanding and adherence.


• Provides single point of contact to schools serving these patients to assist with coordination of care and education of school and classroom personnel to ensure medical compliance.


• Assist family in identifying and accessing local, state, and national public and private resources which further the child/family well being.

Basic Qualifications:
Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of recent pediatric case management or counseling experience

Education

• N/A

License, Certification, Registration

• This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required before hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.
  

• Clinical Social Work Associate Certificate (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Oregon) within 6 months of hire OR Masters Social Worker License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire

• Certified Social Worker Associate License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Advanced Social Worker License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Licensed Social Worker Associate-Independent Clinical (Washington) within 6 months of hire

• National Provider Identifier required at hire
  

• Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire
  

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to assess and prioritize work independently.
• Strong knowledge of Oregon and/or Washingtons Medicaid system along with knowledge of other local and national resources for children and families.
• Expert ability to communicate and collaborate with a wide variety of people including those from other cultures.
• Strong clinical skills with a focus on child development and family systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum four (4) years of recent pediatric case management experience (age ranges 0-18) in a clinical setting.
• Highly creative problem solver.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with community partners, e.g., schools, Child Protective Services, and public/private service organizations.
• Proficient in motivational interviewing.

Primary Location: Oregon,Clackamas,Mt. Scott Medical Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: W05|AFT|Local 5017
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Kaiser Permanente Building - Care & Coverage CB Operations - 1008
Pay Range: $40.73 - $59.26 / year The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital). Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Submit Interest

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