Social Worker

About the role

Provides individual and/or group work services to patients and/or their families in various health care settings. Utilizes psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services.

Responsibilities

• Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities to help individuals maximize their functioning.
• Utilizes high‑risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention.
• Advocates on behalf of the individual to ensure maximum access to health care, assesses barriers and offers solutions.
• Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on overall care of patient.
• Provides psycho‑education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe, timely, align with site expectations, and promote patient choice.
• Initiates communication with post‑acute providers and payers as needed.
• Incorporates knowledge of community resources and entitlement programs in all planning.
• Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures.
• Represents department and profession on various hospital/site‑based committees and work groups.
• May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate level Social Work students; assigns cases to students, monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings, and writes required evaluations of student field placement performance.
• Consults with program management regarding student training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with student’s faculty advisor at prescribed intervals.
• Performs related duties as required.
• All responsibilities noted are essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act; duties not mentioned but related are not essential functions.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work required.
• Current license to practice as a Master Social Worker, or as a Clinical Social Worker in New York State, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience required.

Compensation

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good‑faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered, such as location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity.