Healthy Steps Specialist, LMSW

Job Title: Healthy Steps Specialist, LMSW
Department: Maternal Child Health
Location:  Wolcott Pediatrics & Williamson Family Medicine - 4425 Old Ridge Road Williamson, NY 14589
Hours Per Week: 40
Schedule: M-F days 8:30am-5pm

 

SUMMARY:

Healthy Steps, a program of Zero to Three, promotes nurturing caregiving, which supports families and improves healthy development and well-being of babies and toddlers, preparing them for school and life. The Healthy Steps Specialist is an early child development expert who will join the pediatric primary care team to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with patients’ ages 0-5. The Healthy Steps Specialist builds strong relationships with families and providers to increase the efficiency of the medical system and support team-based comprehensive care.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Promotes the Healthy Steps program within the practice to families and providers.

• Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider.

• During visits, focus on monitoring development, social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing anticipatory guidance.

• Conducts consultations on a short-term basis for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as sleep, positive parenting, picky eating, etc. 

• Maintains a child development support line and responds to and tracks call requests within the designated response time.  

• Creates and maintains community resource directory/database. 

• Provides referrals and tracks follow-up, as appropriate, to help families make successful connections to key resources within the community.

• Is an active member of the Healthy Steps Implementation Team and attends regular team meetings 

• Is an active member of the RRH Maternal Child Team, attending and participating in regular meetings and activities

• Maintains open communication with all members of the primary care team.

• Documents all patient clinical activity and care coordination in the EMR.

• Participates in Healthy Steps training (Virtual Healthy Steps Institute).

• Participates in administrative and clinical/reflective supervision meetings.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Desired Attributes:

• Clinically licensed mental health professional preferred.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

• Commitment to working with underserved populations in a community setting.

• Empathic, supportive, and patience.

• Ability to work with people of many backgrounds and cultures.

• Ability to work well in teams and independently.

• Ability to multitask and triage/juggle multiple appointments and conflicting priorities 

• Flexibility in communication: able to switch between being on the floor playing with young patients and communicating with medical professionals regarding mental health interventions in a professional, coherent, and efficient manner.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work.

• 1-2 years of pediatric experience.

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) license

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Clinically licensed mental health professional

• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

• Commitment to working with underserved populations in a community setting.

• Empathic, supportive, and patience.

• Ability to work with people of many backgrounds and cultures.

• Ability to work well in teams and independently.

• Ability to multitask and triage/juggle multiple appointments and conflicting priorities 

• Flexibility in communication: able to switch between being on the floor playing with young patients and communicating with medical professionals regarding mental health interventions in a professional, coherent, and efficient manner.

EDUCATION:

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS: 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

S - Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

PAY RANGE:

$62,400.00 - $75,500.00Williamson14589

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.