EvergreenHealth and EvergreenHealth Monroe are proudly independent, public hospital districts.

As a community-owned hospital system comprised of two independent, public hospital districts, we are here not only to serve you with the most advanced care, technology and techniques but to ensure we continue to meet the needs of the growing and ever-changing Eastside community we serve.

Guided by our Purpose, Mission, Vision and Values, it is our responsibility to understand and remain abreast of the changing and growing health care needs specific to the patient population in our region – keeping us nimble in our ability to respond to those changing needs on a local level. We do this by partnering with King and Snohomish Counties and others to ensure our services and growth is data-driven and care insufficiencies are addressed through community health needs assessments, and other third-party data that informs how we best serve you today and in the future.

Today, EvergreenHealth offers convenient access to over 70 clinical specialties at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland and EvergreenHealth Monroe, as well as specialty, urgent and primary care practices across King and Snohomish counties. As we evolve alongside our growing community, we continue to strategize our growth and expand our free and low-cost services to ensure everyone in our community has equal access to health care and wellness resources, along with education programs to promote healthy living.

Brief Description of Program:
The Women and Children’s/NICU Social Work internship is a stimulating placement with the goal of preparing students for future employment in the hospital setting. The social work student will primarily work on a fast paced inpatient unit with families whose baby has been admitted to the NICU. There will also be opportunity to work with pregnant patients and their families prior to and/or post delivery.
Students should bring direct service experience and/or a strong interest in working in a complex, high demand, multidisciplinary health care environment. The student will participate in multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings. The student should be comfortable with family conflict, grief, crisis intervention, end of life, and child abuse related issues in a critical care setting. Strong psychosocial assessment skills, excellent communication skills, and excellent written communication skills are essential.
Placement will offer training in working with families adjusting to the NICU environment, adjustment to their child’s illness & treatment plan, crisis intervention, psychosocial support, resource coordination, grief and loss, end of life care, and making referrals to and coordinating with Child Protective Services (CPS). There is the potential of working with families involved with adoption or surrogacy as well as patients terminating a pregnancy.
The student may also have the opportunity to work with parents around Perinatal Mood Disorders to include utilizing the Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale (EPDS). The primary goal of the EPDS is to quickly assess the risk and severity of perinatal and post-partum mood disorders so as to assist in engaging the parent in support. When a parent expresses interest in treatment, the student will help connect them to community resources.
Student Roles and Responsibilities Include:
Psychosocial assessment, discharge planning, participation in care conferences, working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary treatment team, making referrals to and collaborating with CPS, emotional support for families, connections to community resources and conducting EPDS interventions.

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Email resume to Practicum Instructor: Karley Durst, LICSW. KJDurst@evergreenhealthcare.org