Social Worker (Staten Island)

Northwell Career Site; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health seeks a licensed social worker to deliver individual and group psychosocial services across care settings. The role uses psychosocial assessments to guide social work interventions for patients and families.

Position requires a Master of Social Work, a current NY license (MSW or Clinical Social Work), and 1–3 years of relevant experience. Location is Staten Island with a 9:00 AM–5:00 PM schedule.

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work is 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.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience, required.

Responsibilities

• Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities to maximize functioning.
• Uses high risk criteria and referrals to identify patients needing assessment and intervention; advocates for access to care and addresses barriers.
• Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and impact on care; supports post-acute planning and payer communication as needed.
• Offers psychoeducation, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and families.
• Forms and implements treatment and discharge plans aligned with site expectations; coordinates with post-acute providers and payers.
• Incorporates community resources and entitlement programs into planning and maintains appropriate documentation.
• Represents department in hospital/site committees and supervises students with evaluations of field placement.
• Communicates training progress and placement status with program management and faculty advisor.

Education

Master of Social Work

Job description

• Job Category Care Management and Social Work Services
• Posting Date 09/23/2026, 06:46 PM
• Locations 330 S. Service Road, Melville, NY, 11747, US
• Job Schedule Full time
• Minimum Salary/Range* 75,020.0000
• Maximum Salary/Range* 126,250.0000
• Shift Days
• Shift Begin Time 9:00 AM
• Shift End Time 5:00 PM
• Schedule Full Time

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.
• Position is in Staten Island

*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).

It is Northwell Health’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of their age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status or citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Northwell Health reserves the right to amend all terms of employment.