Social Worker/Child Advocate

TEDI BEAR Children's Advocacy Centers ( CAC) is part of the Pediatric Department at Brody School of Medicine. The Children's Advocacy Center serves children and their families, students, professionals, and members of the community in order to provide evaluation, intervention, treatment, prevention and education in the area of child abuse and neglect.

The position is that of social service provider and coordination of child abuse assessments through the TEDI BEAR CAC of the Department of Pediatrics. The social worker will receive referrals, participate in the gathering of information, assist in the clinic evaluation of the child, and serve as continuing liaison with referral and community agencies. The social worker will also be the key organizer of the direct service provision, including scheduling, forensic interviewing, pre and post interviews with caregivers, and coordinating the multi-disciplinary team of investigative professionals. Utilizing database and maintaining information in Epic, NCAtrak, and OMS to ensure timely delivery of services. Follow-up with professionals and monitoring of the implementation of the recommendations arising from the clinic evaluations will be other purposes of the position through participation with MDT case review.

The educational functions of the program encompass several levels, in all of which the social worker will be a participant. These include: 1) at the preventive level, the education of providers and of the community in the identification of dysfunctional families; 2) education of students and residents in issues relevant to child abuse and 3) being a participant as part of the Mt. Olive CAC & TEDI BEAR CAC as an educational resource for providers in eastern North Carolina who have the responsibility of evaluating children who may have been abused. This position will be trained at the TEDI BEAR CAC & Mt. Olive CAC location. Travel between both centers will be expected.

Upon hire, candidate will attend RADAR week-long forensic interview clinics.

CLINICAL SUPPORT POSITION - NOT SUBJECT TO STATE HUMAN RESOURCES ACT

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is affiliated with ECU Health Medical Center, which serves as its teaching hospital, as well as the flagship hospital for ECU Health.

Employment in this position provides eligibility to participate in the UNC Optional Retirement Program ( ORP) which offers matching employer contributions and employee control of investment choices, along with eligibility to participate in various Voluntary Supplemental Retirement Plans (401k, 403b, 457). This position is not eligible to participate in the NC Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System ( TSERS). Additionally, this position offers multiple voluntary options for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance as well as various supplemental plans including Critical Illness, Flexible Spending Accounts, Cancer, and Disability.

While this position is not automatically eligible for the NC Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System (TSERS), new hires transferring from another North Carolina state agency and current ECU employees transferring internally who had been enrolled in TSERS in their previous employment will continue participation in TSERS. These individuals may be able to elect to participate in ORP if they had not been offered that option at the time of their initial enrollment into TSERS.

Bachelor's degree in a Human Services discipline with coursework related to the area of assignment. Some positions may require certification to practice as a certified or licensed Clinical Social Worker as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

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Two years of related experience preferred. Upon hire, the candidate will attend RADAR week-long forensic interview clinics.

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If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on budget, UNC salary administration, and/or candidate qualifications.

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