Clinical Lead Social Worker (LICSW Required): DFCI Regional Campus locations 

Exciting and challenging opportunity to join the social work leadership team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

The Clinical Lead Social Worker functions as a clinical supervisor and staff manager, whose expertise, knowledge, clinical acumen, relational skill, and equanimity provide foundational support for clinical social work staff. The Clinical Lead Social Worker plays a vital role in daily clinical operations, clinical practice, and programmatic development of the social work division. 

The Clinical Lead Social Worker also has direct clinical responsibilities that calls for psychosocial assessment and intervention and ability to work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidate must be able to thrive in a fast paced, complex, academic medical environment where the social worker is a key, valued member of the multidisciplinary medical team.

This is an opportunity to lead a social work team and contribute to the field of psychosocial care in a renowned cancer center that combines compassionate care with a commitment to be on the forefront of developing new and more effective cancer treatments.

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from accredited program
• LICSW in MA (and state specific based on location).
• 8 years social work practice in health care, minimum of 2 years in oncology setting or with oncology patients, clinical supervisory experience required, program or project experience preferred.  Bilingual a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Expert knowledge of psychosocial interventions related to impact of cancer inclusive of mental health, behavioral health, emotional, relational, and other social needs.
• Expert knowledge of interdisciplinary teamwork and team dynamics, scope of key partnerships and interprofessional roles.
• Highly skilled at providing consultation to staff and team around complex patient management, including ethical issues.
• Expert ability to address problems that are highly varied and complex while incorporating interprofessional input and managing team-related stress.
• Exhibits emotional intelligence; both awareness of oneself and how they affect others.
• Depersonalizes and integrates feedback given into actionable behaviors.
• Strong organizational skills: ability to triage, determine priorities, and role model adaptability and flexibility.
• Demonstrates initiative to create and achieve goals even when faced with barriers.
• Ability to assist staff with their performance, in accordance with institutional and departmental standards and policies.
• Ability to contribute to profession, care, education and training through leadership, presentations, publications.
• Demonstrates commitment to diversity and equity efforts, including advocacy and self-education to advance knowledge base of the needs and concerns of underserved and marginalized populations.

Schedule

This position requires the ability to travel across DFCI Network locations and to quickly assimilate to new environments and foster team relationships at each DFCI location.

M-F; 40 hours/week; Hybrid schedule 3 days on-site/2 days remote

If interested in this leadership opportunity, please submit a resume and a cover letter detailing your experience, qualifications, and skills for this position.

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong.  As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are equally committed to diversifying our faculty and staff.  Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and diverse professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other groups as protected by law.

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