Licensed Master Social Worker - Outpatient
About the role
Employment Type: Full time. Shift: Day Shift. Location: 720 Hoosick Road Troy NY. Description: LMSW – Bariatric Office. If you are looking for a full-time position as a Social Worker in a fast-paced office setting, this could be an exciting opportunity for you. The Licensed Master Social Worker provides advance clinical social work services as a member of an inter-disciplinary team engaging with patients and family members in coping with the patient’s hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment and/or life situations including emotional, mental and substance abuse disorders. In this role, our social workers provide thorough assessments, care planning, case management, and community resource coordination with patients and their families. Work involves the use of motivational interviewing, assessment, and multi-modality psychotherapeutic interventions aimed at positively affecting the physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning of patients and their families. Work involves use of high-level critical and creative problem solving and advance communication skills while performing under mainly autonomous conditions.
Responsibilities
- Provide specialized skills and therapeutic education for patients and support system.
- Identify barriers which impact optimal patient functioning.
- Ensure patients receive appropriate resources in most appropriate setting.
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary care team and takes the lead on managing complex cases, providing education, mentoring, modeling, and resources as needed.
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