Social Work Practitioner

Company: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to provide evidence-based individual, group, and family-child treatment services to families engaged in outpatient treatment programming residing in the Wake County area and surrounding counties. Likewise, this position will consist of working within an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary treatment team. Clinical services will include screenings, referrals, and completing comprehensive clinical assessments for women and their children to determine intervention need. Additionally, individual and group therapy will include facilitation of evidence-based treatment curriculums and skills targeted to address substance use, trauma, parenting and maternal-infant interventions, and life skills.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a Human Services discipline with coursework related to the area of assignment. Some positions may require certification to practice as a certified or licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

This position requires a provisional or full clinical license: LCSW, LMHC, LPA, LMFT, LCAS

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Prefer candidate who is interested in working with pregnant and parenting women affected by substance use, trauma, violence, and incarceration. Additionally, a preferred candidate will have some interest in working with families and maternal-infant interventions.

Required Licenses/Certifications

This position requires a provisional or full clinical license: LCSW, LMHC, LPA, LMFT, LCAS.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.

Position/Schedule Requirements

Evening work occasionally, Night work occasionally, Overtime occasionally, Patient care involved, Weekend work occasionally

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