Social Worker MSW (JR227665)

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Health System in New York seeks a licensed Social Worker to join an interdisciplinary team. The role includes psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, and coordinating patient care with families and professionals to ensure timely treatment plans.

The candidate must have a Master’s Degree in Social Work and LMSW or LCSW licensure in NYS, with the proposed schedule across designated Jerome Avenue locations. This is a 100% grant funded position.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from an NYS-registered program.
• Requires LMSW or LCSW license.

Responsibilities

• Screen patients requiring social service intervention and identify psychosocial needs.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments with patient, family, and team.
• Develop and validate discharge/treatment plans in collaboration with patient and family.
• Maintain confidentiality per policies and ethical standards.
• Demonstrate leadership in team-building and education of staff.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Discharge planning

Confidentiality

Leadership

Education

Master’s Degree in Social Work

LMSW or LCSW license

Job description

Introduction

To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.

To learn more about the “Montefiore Difference” – who we are at Montefiore and all that we have to offer our associates, please click here.

Overview

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As a professional member of an interdisciplinary team, the Social Worker will provide a range of direct and indirect services for patient/families, including the identification of psychosocial problems and their resolutions. In addition, the Social Worker will collaborate with the patient/family/team to effect safe and timely discharge/treatment plans. The Social Worker complies with the mission statement of Montefiore and Social Services, and the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Work.

Responsibilities

• Screen those patients whose diagnosis and social data indicate need for social service intervention, according to Social Work practice standards.
• Make psychosocial assessments utilizing all available data, including interviews with patient and family conferring with interdisciplinary associates.
• Ensure continuity of care though development, implementation and validation of discharge/treatment plans, in a timely manner and in collaboration with patient, family, and interdisciplinary team.
• Function independently but utilize supervision to identify any problems in expediting discharge/treatment plans.
• Maintain Social Work professional conduct and practices develop networking relationships, participate in patient focused internal/external conferences.
• Ensure confidentiality in accordance with hospital and Social Services policies.
• Develop ongoing linkages and networking relationships.
• Participate in patient focused and internal/external conferences.
• Demonstrate leadership skills by utilizing psychosocial expertise to assist with the team building, discharge/treatment planning, conflict resolution and psychosocial education to interdisciplinary staff when appropriate.
• Participate in departmental programs – i.e., quality improvement, statistical reporting, continuing education, staff meetings, etc.
• Demonstrate knowledge of legal and ethical issues and principles related to end-of-life care including informed consent, right to refuse treatment, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment including nutrition and hydration, DNR order, advance directives, determination of decisional capacity and surrogate decision making and the doctrine of futility.
• Demonstrate skill and knowledge related to the identification, reporting, and intervention for victims of individual and family violence, rape, mugging, elder abuse and child abuse/neglect.
• Demonstrate understanding of the developmental stages from infancy through the elder years, family systems theory and how various illnesses Impact on the patient/family system.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from a school of Social Work from a program registered by the NYS Dept. of Education or determined to be substantially equivalent by the commissioner’s regulations.
• Requires LMSW (Licensed Masters Social Worker) or LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) license.

The schedule for this position is Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 8:00 am - 4:30 pm at 2058 Jerome Avenue and Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:00am – 3:30 pm at 3550 Jerome Avenue.

This is a 100% grant funded position.