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Social Worker II - Pediatric Psychology & Developmental Medicine
Posted May 21, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time you had to help a family get through a confusing healthcare or social service system, like insurance, county services or school supports.
What they are checking: Whether they know the real systems families get stuck in and can move them forward, not just refer them out.
You are working with psychologists, physicians, residents, nurses and interns. Tell me about a time you disagreed with another discipline about a child's care plan.
What they are checking: Whether they can speak up with a social work view on a medical team while staying respectful of other roles.
How do you keep your EPIC documentation complete and timely when your schedule is full of sessions and urgent calls?
What they are checking: Whether they have a real habit for documentation, since late or thin notes create clinical and billing risk.
Tell me about a time you suspected abuse or neglect in a family you were treating. How did you handle the report and your relationship with the family?
What they are checking: Whether they act on mandated reporting duties while trying to protect the therapeutic relationship where possible.
This is an academic clinic with quality assurance work. What have you done to measure whether your own clinical work is helping?
What they are checking: Whether they see outcomes and quality review as part of the job rather than paperwork done for someone else.
What would you do
A parent calls the clinic and says their teenager has been talking about not wanting to be alive. You are the one on the phone. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they triage risk quickly and follow a safety process instead of freezing or over-reacting on a phone consult.
A school counselor calls asking for details about a child you see. How do you handle what you can and cannot share?
What they are checking: Whether they understand consent and privacy rules when partnering with school staff and outside providers.
How would you build a service plan for a child with autism and behavioral issues whose family has limited transportation and money?
What they are checking: Whether their plans fit the family's real life, not an ideal plan the family cannot carry out.
About the work
Walk me through how you run a diagnostic intake for a young child with possible developmental delays and a parent who is anxious about what you will find.
What they are checking: Whether they can gather a full developmental and family history while keeping a scared parent calm enough to give it.
Our patients range from age 1 to 26. How does your therapy approach change between a toddler, a 12-year-old and a young adult?
What they are checking: Whether they truly adapt their work by developmental stage, which is the core of this clinic's population.
How do you run a family or group therapy session when the people in the room disagree about what the problem even is?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage conflict in the room and still keep the session focused on the child.
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