Social Worker - Lvl II

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a community-focused hospital committed to providing compassionate care. This position involves delivering psychosocial services to diverse patients, ensuring high-quality outcomes through a person-centered approach. As a vital part of the social work department, you will engage in evaluations, counseling, and multidisciplinary collaboration to enhance patient experiences. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, this role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful change in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Valid LMSW or LCSW license required.
• Experience in psychosocial evaluations and treatment planning.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial evaluations and formulate treatment plans.
• Provide individual and group counseling in various settings.
• Document and report suspected child abuse cases.

Skills

Psychosocial evaluations

Individual and group counseling

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Documentation and reporting

Outreach services

Treatment plan development

Education

LMSW License

LCSW License

Job description

NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB) is a member facility of the New York City Health + Hospitals system, one of eleven acute care facilities within the City of New York. A 215-bed community hospital, NCBH specializes in women’s and children’s services. It also provides Behavioral Health acute and ambulatory care. Its busy outpatient department has led the way in community-based care delivered in a compassionate and culturally-appropriate manner. It’s Labor and Delivery service safely brings more than 1,000 babies into the world each year. NCBH is committed to providing safe, high-quality medical care for any and all in need.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

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. There are five (5) Assignment Levels within this class of positions; all personnel perform related work. Assignment Level I Under direct supervision, with limited latitude for independent judgment and decision-making, performs the following typical tasks:

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• As a mandated reporter, documents and reports suspected cases of child abuse or neglect to the New York State Central Registry.
• Appears and testifies at administrative and court hearings, as necessary.
• Assists in plans for institutional or hospital discharge and other post institutional/hospital care; evaluates alternate care arrangements for patients, where needed.
• Participates in staff conferences and other related social work meetings, special studies, committees and/or research projects and internal/external quality assurance/performance improvement (QA/PI) activities, programs, and trainings, as required.

Minimum Qualifications

For Assignment to Level II
1. Valid license as an LMSW issued by the NYSED; or
2. Valid license as an LCSW issued by the NYSED.