LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Trinitas Hospital

LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) - Outpatient Child Day Treatment

Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey Specialty: Social Services Employment Type: Travel/Contract Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day (5x8 hours), 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Hours: 8 per day, 40 per week Schedule: Monday to Friday, no weekends

Required Qualifications

• Certifications: LSW or MSW
• Experience: 2 years post-LSW in a clinical setting

Preferred Qualifications

• LCSW

Role Overview

• Outpatient child day treatment with about 50 visits per day
• Patients are diagnosed using the DSM-5
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP): structured, intensive daytime treatment with patients returning home each evening
• Candidates must float within their skillset without exception
• Clinical responsibilities include:

  • Biopsychosocial assessment, plan of care, and goal setting
  • Care coordination, care conferences, and discharge planning
  • Family and individual counseling, short-term therapy, and crisis intervention
  • Work with psychiatric issues such as suicide/homicide/self-harm risk, high-risk patient safety, and child protective services

Program Background

The campus offers child and adolescent outpatient psychiatric evaluations, individual, family, and group therapy, medication management, and programs for ADHD, trauma, and behavioral health disorders. It also offers adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and partial hospitalization.

Scheduling and Policies

• Does not accept first-time travelers
• Accepts locals
• Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks
• Priority for RTO and schedule requests goes to submissions with a screenshot confirming them; no requests are approved after offer

Onboarding Requirements

• Background and exclusion checks: Criminal background check within 30 days of start (attestations not acceptable); federal exclusion checks (EPLS/GSA/SAM, HHS/OIG) and the NJ Department of Treasury Exclusions List, each within 30 days of start and updated for extensions. Candidates cannot start with open cases.
• Drug screen: 10-panel urine drug screen within 30 days of start
• Health:

  • TB screening: single TB blood test within 3 months of start, or 2-step skin test
  • Physical within the previous 12 months
  • Rubeola, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B immunity (titer or vaccines)
  • Tdap within 10 years
  • Annual influenza vaccine or exemption (September 1 to April 30)
  • Latex questionnaire
  • Respirator clearance and on-site fit test (mandatory)
• Employment verification: E-Verify; 2 references within the last 2 years, at least one managerial; employment application or resume with 7 years of work history; New Jersey work history verification covering at least 1 year before start
• Identification: Government-issued photo ID and driver's license provided within 48 hours of signing