Social Worker

Northwell Career Site; City of Glen Cove (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a Float Social Worker for a full-time day shift (8 AM - 4 PM), Sunday to Monday, to provide psychosocial support in inpatient settings. The role focuses on direct services, assessments, counseling, crisis intervention, and discharge planning to maximize patient functioning.

Requires MSW and NY licensure, 1–3 years of hospital social work experience preferred. Strong advocacy, documentation, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work (MSW) required.
• Current NY State license as MSW or CSW required.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience required.
• Inpatient hospital social work experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide culturally competent direct services to patients and families using a variety of social work modalities.
• Identify patients needing assessment and advocate access to care.
• Share assessment findings with interdisciplinary team and discuss impact on care.
• Provide psychoeducation, counseling, and crisis intervention.
• Develop and implement treatment and discharge plans aligned with site expectations.
• Coordinate with post-acute providers and payers as needed.
• Maintain appropriate patient care documentation per site policies.
• Represent department on hospital/site committees and work groups.
• Supervise students, assign cases, and evalu-ate field placements.
• Meet with faculty advisor to discuss training progress and placement experience.
• Perform related duties; all essential functions per ADA.

Skills

Social work assessment

Counseling

Crisis intervention

Advocacy

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Documentation

Education

MSW (Master of Social Work)

NY State MSW/CSW license

Job description

Shift Details

Float Social Worker, Full-Time, Days (8 AM - 4 PM) Sunday to Monday.

Job Description

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.

Job Responsibility

• 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 psycho education, 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 resource sand entitlement programs in all planning.
• Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures.
• Represents department and profession is 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.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• 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.
• Inpatient hospital Social Work experience, highly preferred.

*Additional Salary Detail
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).