Children's service worker vs licensed social worker

Differences between children's service worker and licensed social worker duties and responsibilities

Children's service worker example responsibilities.

• Help children/youth in state custody achieve permanency whether through reintegration, adoption or custodianship.
• Task supervisor for MSW graduate students for field placement.
• Recognize risk factors quickly, collaborate with interdisciplinary team, nurture positive relationships with patients through consistency and modeling healthy boundaries.
• Authorize medical necessity forms for Medicaid services.
• Assure federal regulations and all eligibility requirements are follow when placing customers into proper Medicaid program.
• Perform related adoptions and supervisory visits for state adoptions.

Licensed social worker example responsibilities.

• Foster self-determination of patients by evaluating for vocational rehabilitation that includes employment, volunteering, or education opportunities.
• Evaluate and provide psychotherapy services to patients diagnose with serious and persistent mental illness and/or chemical dependency within an inpatient setting.
• Provide clinical supervision to MSW students.
• Supervise and train MSW students during their final concentration practicum.
• Plan and facilitate trainings that address trauma exposure and the impact of compassion fatigue on administrative staff.
• Provide medically relate social services to residents in a sub-acute, short term rehabilitation unit.
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