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 in order 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 psychoeducation, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site 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 in various hospital/site-based committees and work groups.
• 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 student’s training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with student’s faculty advisor at prescribed intervals.

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.