Social Worker

The social worker assigned to Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Outpatient Services and functions as a primary therapist providing psychosocial assessment and behavioral health treatment for child and adolescent patients with mental health diagnosis and their families. The therapist functions as the primary clinician and is responsible for assessment, treatment planning, therapy/counseling, and education services for patients and families. Systematically and continually assesses the patient's mental condition in collaboration with the patient and family. The social worker also provides crisis and risk management interventions, collaborates with collateral contacts, and coordinates linkages to necessary community resources. The social worker serves as a discipline representative on one or more of the clinic’s multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment teams and assumes responsibility for patient screening, as delegated by the Intake Committee.