Description

HOW WE CARE FOR YOU:

At Rochester Regional Health, we are dedicated to getting health care right. Our robust benefits and total rewards foster employee wellbeing, professional development and personal growth. We care for your career while caring for the community.

• Sign-On Bonus up to $10,000
  
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
  
• Benefits Effective Date of Hire
  
• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Forgiveness
  
• Employee Referral Program
  
• Employee Assistance Program
  
• Same Day Pay through Daily Pay
  
• Pension Plan
  
• Retirement Plan
  
• Advancement Opportunities
  
• Employee Discounts
  
• Certification Pay
  
• Licensure Add-On Pay
  

SUMMARY

As a Healthy Steps Specialist, you play an important and trusted role in the lives of patients and their family. You are an integral part of their care and recovery. HealthySteps, 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 HealthySteps Specialist is an early child development expert who will join the pediatric primary care team at WNY Pediatrics - Batavia Medical Campus to provide interventions, referrals, and follow-up for families with patients ages 0-5.

STATUS: Full Time

LOCATION: WNY Pediatrics - Batavia Medical Campus

DEPARTMENT: Maternal and Child

SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday, days

ATTRIBUTES

• One (1) to three (3) years of social work experience in early childhood growth and development, parent child relational health, infant and early childhood mental health, and/or family systems preferred
  
• MSW required
  
• Compassionate, warm and patient focused
  
• Exceptional documentation and planning skills
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Patient Care. Determine patient and family needs related to social supports. Conducts team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the primary care provider 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.
  
• Emergency Assistance. Intervene in crisis and attend to needs of patient/family
  
• Referral Management. Manage referrals related to patients at risk and determine appropriate intervention strategies and document as implemented; ensure inappropriate referrals are channeled correctly and documented
  
• Treatment Plan Development. Coordinate assessments and develop plan for care in accordance with accepted social work policy.
  

EDUCATION:

• MS: Social Work (Required)

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.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - New York State Education Department (NYSED)

PAY RANGE: $24.00 - $33.00

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

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

Minimum Salary: 24.00 Maximum Salary: 33.00 Salary Unit: Hourly