Social Worker

Responsibilities

• Provides psychosocial assessments of patient/families to secure significant data.
• Presents psychosocial evaluations to the interdisciplinary team and participates in decisions and planning for treatment and aftercare.
• Provides psychosocial counseling to patients and families through individual, group and/or family modalities with minimal supervision.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to coordinate discharge planning upon referral.
• Represents the hospital on community committees and acts as a liaison and coordinator between community and hospital programs.
• Participates in and contributes to formal inter-disciplinary rounds and conferences.
• Provides in-services to hospital staff and community organizations on selected topics.
• Supervises and/or orients social work students and new social work staff.
• Completes all required documentation.
• Participates in continuing education.
• Represents Social Work on hospital committees.
• Participates in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement programs as appropriate.

Qualifications/Requirements

• At least two years of experience in Hospital Discharge Planning preferred.
• Experience in one or more of the therapeutic treatment modalities (i.e. individual, family, group or couples therapy) and with cases that present the more difficult treatment issues.
• Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited Graduate School of Social Work, with one year post-graduate experience in a medical, mental health, or human services setting as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• New York State Social Work licensure - LMSW or LCSW.
• Excellent oral and written skills, basic computer skills, and the ability to function independently with minimal and selective use of consultation.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of medical technology and medical treatment modalities.
• Advanced understanding of personality development, ego functions, defense mechanisms, transference, and counter-transference phenomena; advanced ability in crisis intervention techniques, and in conducting interviews and interventions with complex and problematic clients to obtain social and medical information necessary to independently make a diagnostic/treatment plan.