Social Worker Transgender Health

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Clinical Social Worker/ MGH Transgender Health Program

Boston

LCSW / LICSW

Full Time/ 40 Hours

• SIGN ON BONUS for eligible Non-MGB employees- $10,000 for LICSW, $3,000 for LCSW. Please ask about the details!

THP LICSW Job Description

The Transgender Health Program (THP) is an initiative of the Department of Medicine to provide comprehensive gender affirming care to individuals across the lifespan, in close collaboration with Mass General for Children, the Department of Surgery, and the Psychiatry Gender Identity Program. The program operates a unique ambulatory multi-disciplinary clinic that includes primary care, endocrinology, gender affirming consultative care, embedded social work services and medication management, all delivered in a safe and supportive clinical environment.

While this role is primarily based at MGH in THP, as we continue to evolve into a multidisciplinary, integrated gender-affirming care program, the role may ultimately support patients across MGH and BWH including disciplines such as general medicine/primary care, surgery, endocrinology, and psychiatry.

Job Summary

The Clinical Social Worker directly reports to the Nursing Manager and the Medical Director of THP and indirectly to the MGH Department of Social Work. The Clinical Social Worker also works collaboratively with existing social work staff in THP.

As a Clinical Social Worker, you will work closely with the clinical team to assess patient needs, provide short-term counseling based on assessed needs, and connect individuals with essential resources. You'll play a key role in enhancing patient well-being and improving care coordination and community connections.

Clinical Practice

• Conducts diagnostic evaluations and assessments of patients and families with social, emotional, interpersonal, environmental and/or psychiatric issues
• Formulates diagnostic disposition and treatment plans
• Conduct intake of pediatric gender affirming consult care patients alongside MD
• Meet with new adult patients on an as-needed basis to orient to clinic and assess needs
• Provide short-term counseling and crisis intervention on a limited basis as needed
• Advocate for patients, helping them navigate healthcare systems and community resources
• Offer health education and promote self-management strategies
• Collaborate with physicians, APPs, nurses, and behavioral health specialists to enhance patient care
• Takes responsibility for own administrative duties, including timely and appropriate documentation in patient medical records, timely and accurate daily reporting of activities and Hospital's scheduling systems, and accurate reporting of time worked
• Provides clinical documentation including psychosocial assessment, progress notes, and billing compliance (if appropriate)
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and interdisciplinary meetings/rounds

Community Engagement

• Attend and, when appropriate, help organize/facilitate meetings with existing community partners (e.g. Trans Community of New England, Boston Urban Pride, Trans Resistance, Mass Trans Political Coalition, New England Gender Care, Mayor's Office)
• Facilitate new partnerships where appropriate to build and diversify client base
• Ensure community representation on patient advisory committees, and around research/educational oversight
• Co-represent THP in national coalition meetings around sociopolitical climate, safety, and more

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Master's of Social Work (MSW) from an accredited program required.

• Current professional licensure in Massachusetts (LCSW required, LICSW preferred.)

• Minimum of 1 year post-licensure experience required; 3+ years post-licensure experience preferred.

• Experience with transgender and gender diverse patients preferred.

• Demonstrates personal qualities of leadership and knowledge of health care system.

• Strong assessment and treatment skills.

• Good organizational skills.

• Demonstrates the ability to communicate effective orally and in writing.

• Strong interpersonal skills enabling effective team collaboration.

• Interest in working on a dynamic inter-professional team.

• Flexibility to evolve particulars of the role to meet the changing needs of the patient population served.

Skills/Abilities/Competencies

• Essential to the role are abilities to ensure that the clinical environment is one that welcomes a diversity of patients and staff across the gender spectrum. This includes addressing all individuals with chosen name and pronouns and avoiding gendered honorifics or assumptions about gender based on physical appearance, vocal tone or other features. In addition, job candidates will have:

• In depth knowledge of mental health diagnoses, procedures and treatments, related medications, acuity versus chronicity, effect on normal growth and development

• Ability to provide mental health evaluations and assessments, develop treatment plans that are behaviorally specific, short-term and long- term treatment with individuals, families, couples and/or groups

• Crisis intervention/treatment/management skills

• Demonstrated competency in age specific behaviors; cultural and linguistic issues, and developmental stages

• Ability to assess and recognize diversity of clinical and resource needs across transgender and gender diverse populations

• Knowledge of community agencies, resources. Ability to advocate/negotiate systems for/with clients

• Documents in medical record according to departmental policies and procedures

• Maintains patient/family confidentiality

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location

50 Staniford Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

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