Do you envision finding a meaningful role with an inclusive and compassionate team? At Children’s Mercy, we believe in making a difference in the lives of all children and shining a light of hope to the patients and families we serve. Our employees make the difference, which is why we have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top pediatric hospital, for eleven consecutive years.

Children’s Mercy is in the heart of Kansas City – a metro abounding in cultural experiences, vibrant communities and thriving businesses. This is where our patients and families live, work and play. This is a community that has embraced our hospital and we strive to say thanks by giving back. As a leader in children’s health, we engage in meaningful programs and partnerships throughout the region so that we can improve the lives of children beyond the walls of our hospital.

The Team for Infants Exposed to Substance use (TIES) Program is an intensive home-based partnership with pregnant and postpartum women and their families affected by maternal substance use. The program provides social work and parent educator specialists who partner with families to create a mutually designed plan that is both individualized and comprehensive and builds on family strengths to meet family’s identified goals. Staff provide direct services (e.g. counseling, crisis intervention, transportation, support for substance use treatment, connection to health care) and help coordinate the services of other community agencies (e.g. substance use treatment, child welfare, criminal justice) as well.

The TIES Program Supervisor is responsible for administrative, clinical, and reflective supervision of all TIES clinical staff.  In addition, the Supervisor is an integral part of the TIES and Community Programs management teams and consistently works to identify, plan and implement strategies to enhance services to families.

• Clinical supervision focuses on supporting job performance through the review and discussion of specific cases.  This discussion tends to focus on the needs of the participant and how to best meet those needs.  Within clinical supervision, some administrative interactions are included, as well as support for the professional development of the practitioner.
• Reflective supervision shifts the focus solely from relationships with the families participating in the program.  Reflective supervision considers the importance of understanding how each of these relationships affects the others.  Providing a safe space to process the emotional weight, slow down the work, and to promote curiosity and wondering about how members of the multiple relationships are experiencing their participation enhances reflection, helps prevent burnout, and builds empathy.

At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position will join us as we strive to create a workplace that reflects the community we serve, as well as our core values of kindness, curiosity, inclusion, team and integrity.

Additionally, it’s important to us that we remain transparent with all potential job candidates. Because we value the safety of the patients and families we serve, as well as the Children’s Mercy staff, we want to let you know that the seasonal influenza vaccine is a condition of employment for all employees in our organization. New employees must be willing to be vaccinated if found non-immune to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and chicken pox (varicella) and/or without evidence of tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination since 2005. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked to supply your immunization records as proof of vaccination. If you and have any concerns about receiving these vaccines, medical and/or religious exemptions can be further discussed with Human Resources.

Clinical supervision of assigned staff:

 • Recruit, interview, hire, and train TIES clinical staff in consultation with Manager

 • Provide regular reflective and clinical supervision to assigned staff per TIES model

 • Regularly shadow all clinical staff on home visits

 • Support the professional growth of TIES team by encouraging professional insight; evaluating the therapeutic use of self; and providing effective feedback

 • Provide training on database documentation and all TIES Program tools jointly with TIES Coordinator

 • Monitor timely completion of tools for each enrolled family

 • Ensure staff meet all department, hospital and program guidelines

 • Complete regular evaluations utilizing department and hospital tools

 • Consistently monitor staff morale and work to develop supportive work environment that addresses the intensity of  home-based work with families facing multiple challenges

 • Consistently monitor work load balance and ensure appropriate staffing levels in consultation with Manager

 • Promote education and training to increase staff skill levels, build teamwork, and support staff leadership in consultation with Manager

Program planning:

•Accept referrals and assign cases with TIES Coordinator

•Maintain tracking system for referrals and enrollees with Community Programs (CP) Office Manager

•Maintain all program forms and tools and update as needed

•Serve as liaison to evaluation team with CP Project Manager 

•Coordinate needed training in consultation with Manager

•Develop and manage assigned administrative projects

Clinical practice as TIES Family Support Specialist for small caseload:

 • Serve as Family Support Specialist for caseload of 2-4 families in both Missouri and Kansas

 • Conduct interventions and complete all necessary documentation per program model

 • Work in collaboration with Parenting Resource Specialists to promote family outcomes

 • Collaborate with team and community agencies for assigned families

 • Serve as backup for clinical staff in absences and whenever supervised positions are unfilled

Administrative leadership to hospital and community based groups and organizations:

 • Participates in TIES and CP unit management teams

 • Consults with Manager for assignment of TIES staff to hospital and community based committees as requested

 • Consults with Manager to develop, manage and/or assign staff to individual and team projects including research, QI, database activities and other special projects

 • Participates in department management team as requested 

 • Consistently advocates for social work practice and psychosocial needs of patients and families within the unit, department and hospital system

Community Programs recognizes lack of reliable private or public transportation as a social determinant of health in our community. Home-based family support services will require the Supervisor, Social Work - Healthy Families America to occasionally provide transportation to/from health related appointments, required court appearances, alcohol and drug treatment centers, and other service agencies addressing social determinants of health, in their staff owned and insured vehicles.

• Master's Degree Social Work and 1-2 years experience. In home visiting, substance use disorder, child welfare, intimate partner violence or other social work intervention experience
• Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW) MO, or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) MO required upon hire (obtain KS license within 90 days)
• 1-2 years of Leadership, supervisory experience preferred
• Experience providing/receiving Reflective Supervison preferred
• Position requires knowledge of home visiting challenges and the tenants of reflective supervision.  Clear communication skills; collaborative team building; ability to develop and implement plans to build partnerships with enrolled families and to support other clinical staff in doing so; support supervisor-specialist partnership as well to enhance staff ability and performance is required

The benefits plans at Children’s Mercy are one of many reasons we are recognized as one of the best places to work in Kansas City. Our plans are designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families.

Our pay ranges are market competitive. The pay range for this job begins at $33.23/hr, but your salaried offer will be determined based upon your education and experience.

This is an intermittent remote position, which means that the person hired will work with his or her manager to determine a schedule that includes both at home and on-site hours at a Children’s Mercy location. The incumbent must live in the Kansas City metro area.

Children’s Mercy hires individuals based on their job skills, expertise and ability to maintain professional relationships with fellow employees, patients, parents and visitors. A personal interview, formal education and training, previous work experience, references and a criminal background investigation all are factors used to select the best candidates. The hospital does not discriminate against prospective or current employees based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry or veteran status. A drug screen will be performed upon hire. Children’s Mercy is smoke and tobacco free.

CM is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Our patients and families come from all walks of life, and so do we. We know that our greatest strengths come from the people who make up our team so we hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger and our patient care more compassionate.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for service, you will find a home at CM. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring, including education, ideas, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, languages spoken, veteran status, color, religion, disability and beliefs.