The Social Worker II in the Therapeutic Foster Care is a primary therapist to children/adults living in out-of-home placement and their biological and/or foster families or the at-risk population.  The Social Worker II utilizes information gained through interdisciplinary evaluation services to develop and implement the child/adults treatment plan.

1. Provides weekly individual, family or group, psychotherapy, and after-care services to foster children/adults and their families.
2. Attends interdisciplinary staffing to discuss and integrate evaluation information and to develop a comprehensive treatment plan to address psychological and social needs of the client/family.
3. Collaborates and assists the referring agency, local Department of Social Services, and/or Developmental Disabilities Administration to develop the agency service plan for the child/adult and family.
4. Collaborates with the school system and other service providers to assure children/adults are receiving appropriate educational services if indicated.
5. Responds to the juvenile court system through written or oral progress reports when required in the juvenile court's development plan for the child/adult and family.
6. Participates in peer consultation groups and/or individual supervision clinical review work.
7. Attends in-service clinical training programs, treatment planning meetings, and administrative meetings.
8. Performs home studies and re-approvals which includes making recommendations regarding approval/disapproval of applicants.
9. May participate in the field instruction program and supervise social work trainees when interest and capacity is demonstrated and may participate in community advocacy/ educational groups related to the needs of foster care children/adults and their families.
10. Develops and conducts training for foster parents.
11. Participates in a 24-hour on-call rotation with other Therapeutic Foster Care staff members. Provides effective and responsive care to foster parents.
12. Will participate in departmental or interdisciplinary research, committee projects, and/or program development and management.

• Must be licensed in the State of Maryland, by the Board of Social Work Examiners, Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as a Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW).
• Must hold and maintain CPR certification.
• *Individual must demonstrate competence across all age groups due to the diversity of the children and families served by Kennedy Krieger Institute.
• *Clinical care focus is on the neonate, pediatric, and adolescent populations, as well as some adults with disabilities.

Master’s degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.

Some experience related to providing services to children in the child welfare population with developmental and emotional disturbance preferred.