Social Worker

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 the interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on the overall care of the patient.
• Provides psychoeducation, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe, timely, and in line with site expectations while promoting 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 the department and profession in various hospital/site-based committees and workgroups.
• May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate-level Social Work students; assigns cases to students and monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings; writes all required evaluations of student’s field placement performance.
• Consults with program management regarding the student’s training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with the student’s faculty advisor at prescribed intervals.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

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

Pay

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 for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity).