Social Worker - P/T

Northwell; Town of Riverhead (NY); On-site; USD 33,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Northwell Health is seeking a licensed social worker to provide direct services to patients and families in various hospital settings. You will use psychosocial assessment skills to support patients, families, and care teams.

Responsibilities include crisis intervention, counseling, discharge planning, and coordination with post-acute providers and payers. Prior geriatric experience is preferred; part-time schedule Monday-Thursday, 5-hour shifts.

Qualifications

• Master's in Social Work required.
• Current NYS LMSW/LCSW license required.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
• Geriatric experience, preferred.
• Shift Details: Part-time; Monday-Thursday - 5 hour shifts between 8am-6pm

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Identifies patients in need of assessment or intervention using high risk criteria or referrals; advocates for access to health care and addresses barriers.
• Shares assessment findings with the interdisciplinary team and suggests potential impact on overall patient care.
• Provides psycho education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe, timely, and aligned with site expectations; communicates with post-acute providers and payers as needed.
• Incorporates knowledge of community resources and entitlement programs in planning.
• Maintains professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures.
• Represents department on hospital/site committees and work groups.
• May supervise undergraduate and graduate level social work students; assigns cases and writes evaluations of field placement performance.
• Consults with program management regarding training progress and placement experience; meets with faculty advisor as prescribed.
• Performs related duties; all responsibilities noted are essential functions under the ADA.

Skills

Counseling

Crisis intervention

Psychoeducation

Assessment skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Documentation

Education

Master of Social Work

Licensed Social Worker (LMSW/LCSW) NYS

Job description

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.
• Geriatric experience, preferred.
• Shift Details: Part-time; Monday-Thursday - 5 hour shifts between the hours of 8am-6pm

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).