Social Worker - Level III

Duties & Responsibilities

• Purpose of Position: This class of positions encompasses professional, supervisory or administrative work of varying degrees of difficulty and responsibility in the operation of a social work department providing psychosocial and other social work services to different types of patients across various settings.
• Ensures patient-centered quality care and services in support of better outcomes and improved patient experience, in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal rules and regulations, and social work standards of care.
• Examples Of Typical Tasks:
  • Screens charts for historical and clinical information, conducts psychosocial evaluations through interviews with patients and/or identified surrogates and formulates appropriate social work treatment plans.
  • Works within health care setting offices or in community settings within NYC to provide individual and group counseling, as well as concrete social services, as required.
  • Confers and consults with professionals in other disciplines to determine and implement a multidisciplinary approach to patient care and to develop treatment plans, evaluate patients’ progress, develop discharge and aftercare plans and recommend alternative action or treatment.
  • Provides outreach services, makes referrals to other governmental, public and/or community agencies, prepares patients to accept services, provides direct social work services on high-risk cases and may escort patients in connection with community activities and referrals, as needed.
  • Mentors and assists less experienced social work staff in social work techniques and serves as a resource in various aspects of advanced social work practice.
  • May provide direct clinical supervision and guidance to social work staff, screen and assign cases, schedule staff, read and review staff work, evaluate work performance and/or maintain time and leave records.
  • Maintains individualized supervision logs documenting clinical supervision and ensures timely completion of attestation forms required by NYSED Office of the Professions to support LCSW licensure applications, as applicable.
  • May conduct or lead special studies and projects including the collection and evaluation of data related to vulnerable patient populations and prepare and present reports related to these service populations.
  • Establishes and maintains professional social work standards of performance concerning interview techniques and methods and practices used in preparing clinical assessments, developing treatment plans, and in documenting case histories.
  • Interprets clinical information based on case data, histories, statistics, etc.; prepares and submits comprehensive reports of case findings including chronologies of medical data and social factors necessary to support recommended courses of action.
  • Orients and educates members of other professional disciplines by developing training curricula and presenting on social work concepts and functions.
  • Trains and instructs staff in agency policies and procedures and in appropriate social work techniques, methods and practices.
  • Ensures compliance with accepted social work practices and principles and operational adherence to government rules and regulations, including compliance with reporting requirements.
  • Participates in conferences, committees and meetings on- and off-site with supervisory/managerial staff, other clinical professionals and with representatives of government and other agencies and/or community organizations.
  • Analyzes population health issues relevant to the area of responsibility and serves as a liaison to community agencies and/or groups.
  • Liaises with community agencies, facilitating communication between the agencies and the department/health care setting and the utilization of available community resources.

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid license as an LCSW issued by the NYSED.