Social Work Practitioner - Advanced

Position Details

Job Title: Social Work Practitioner - Advanced

Position Number: 400543

Vacancy Open to: All Candidates

Time-Limited: Yes

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Advertising Department: PEDS-TEDI BEAR

Division: ECU Health/BSOM

Classification

Title:

19400 Social Work Practitioner

Competency Level: 3 - Advanced

Working Title: Social Work Practitioner

Number of Vacancies: 1

Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1.0

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Recruitment Range: $35,837 - $86,047

Anticipated Hiring Range: $60,000 - $70,000

Salary Grade Equivalency: NC12

Work Schedule: M-F

Work Hours: 8-5

Position Location (City): Mount Olive

Job Category: Staff - Professional

Open Date: 12/17/2025

Close Date: 01/05/2026

Open Until Filled: No

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The Department of Pediatrics of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is the organizational unit. The primary purpose of the department is teaching, research and patient care in those issues involving the needs of children, with particular emphasis on the children of eastern North Carolina.

Mt. Olive Children's Advocacy Center of the Department of Pediatrics is in accord with this primary purpose. This purpose will be achieved by providing
1) comprehensive evaluation and specialized treatment of children and caregivers who have experienced trauma
2) an educational resource for students and professionals and the community in eastern North Carolina regarding child abuse, neglect, and trauma.

Mt. Olive CAC serves abused and neglected children, ages birth to 18, and their non-offending family members by providing child medical evaluations; forensic interviews; individual, group, and family therapy; community development, outreach education for individuals and groups, and child abuse prevention programming. The agency also collaborates with ECU Health by providing in-house child abuse consults.

Located at the Mt. Olive Children's Advocacy Center, the Clinical Therapist will provide comprehensive treatment services to adults and children who have experienced trauma. These services will include extensive psycho-social assessments, testing, development of comprehensive treatment plans, coordination with involved agencies, and provision of intensive trauma treatment. Treatment provided will include long and short-term individual, family and play therapy, and psycho-educational sessions.

The Clinical Therapist will serve as a member of the center's multidisciplinary team and participate in weekly staffing to provide feedback and treatment recommendations for children seen for medical evaluation. The Therapist will provide consultations needed to the other staff members on complex cases in regard to mental health assessment and treatment. The therapist will also provide training to students and community mental health providers on an as needed basis.

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.

Certification to practice as a certified or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as required by the North Carolina Social Work Certification Board. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) will also be considered. All licenses must be current with their respective Board and unrestricted.

• 4+ years of therapeutic counseling experience in mental health service…