Social Worker Hawthorn Children's Pyschiatric Hospital

Job Location: This position will be located at Hawthorn Children's Pyschiatric Hospital, 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., St. Louis, MO 63133

Why you’ll love this position:

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital is seeking a dependable, adaptable, and team-oriented full-time clinician to support operations in our Inpatient and Residential Programs . This dynamic position requires flexibility and willingness to work wherever support is most needed across our facility.

Hawthorn Children’s Psychiatric Hospital uses the Sanctuary Model to guide our interactions with our teammates and the care we provide to our consumers to promote healing, safety, and nonviolence. This is accomplished by following the foundations of the Sanctuary Model to provide trauma informed and responsive care.

This clinician is a member of the Social Service Department, providing individual, group, and family therapy along with case management for children and adolescents ages 6 to 18 who are admitted to Hawthorn for the treatment of mental health conditions and trauma. This team member will play an integral part in a multi-disciplinary team and will provide direct clinical services to our consumers and families as they work to reach their treatment goals.

This position reports to the Residential Treatment Coordinator and Chief of Clinical Services. The sched ule is generally 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday, with the ability to flex schedule at times. This could be necessary to accommodate family treatment sessions, potentially one evening during the week to meet the needs of patients and families.

Minimum Qualifications:

The qualified candidate will have a master’s degree in social work from an accredited university. This successful candidate will also possess Missouri licensure (LMSW or LCSW) or will commit to working toward licensure during their employment. Opportunities for Professional Licensure Supervision is available. Knowledge and expertise in evidence-based therapeutic practices such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and other trauma-focused approaches preferred.

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here .

Additional benefits:

• Friendly and supportive work environment

• Flexible schedule, and no requirement to work weekends or evenings (except potentially one evening per week if family schedules require it)

• No on-call work

• Generous and flexible options for time off

• Collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team

• Lower caseloads with increased ability for clinical work

• Length of treatment for Inpatient consumers is between2-4 months add between 6-8 months in Residential, which helps solidify quality change for consumers

• Clinical Skills Training and case consultation provided

• Licensure supervision offered if needed

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness

• Opportunities to participate in different committees within the facility

For questions contact the Human Resources Office at: Michael.Tillman@dmh.mo.gov

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