Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Social Worker 2 - Behavioral Health

Mental & Behavioral HealthConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNew Hyde Park, NY, USA$45 - $62 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Master of Social Work is required.
A current New York State license to practice as a Master Social Worker or Clinical Social Worker is required, along with specialized certifications as needed.
One to three years of relevant experience is required.

Responsibilities

Provide culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities to help individuals maximize their functioning.
Use high-risk criteria and consultation referrals to identify patients who need or could benefit from social work assessment and intervention; advocate for access to health care, assess barriers, and offer solutions.
Provide the interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggest the potential impact on the patient's overall care.
Provide psychoeducation, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
Formulate and implement safe and timely treatment and discharge plans aligned with site expectations and patient choice; initiate communication with post-acute providers and payers as needed.
Incorporate knowledge of community resources and entitlement programs into planning.
Maintain appropriate professional patient-care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures.
Represent the department and profession on hospital- or site-based committees and work groups.
Assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate Social Work students, assign cases, conduct weekly supervisory meetings, and write required evaluations of field-placement performance.
Consult with program management regarding students' training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meet with students' faculty advisors at prescribed intervals.
Perform related duties as required.

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.

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
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 students field placement performance
Consults with program management regarding students training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with students 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.

Qualifications:

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

*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).

Minimum Salary/Range*: 45.0000

Maximum Salary/Range*: 62.0000

About the Company

Northwell Health

Nonprofit health system in New York and Connecticut

Northwell Health is a nonprofit health system serving patients across New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut through hospitals and outpatient practices. Its network combines hospitals for complex care, community hospitals and specialty centers such as Cohen Children's Medical Center and Zucker Hillside Hospital. The system coordinates hospital, ambulatory and post-acute care, with philanthropy supporting its community mission. Its research institutes and partnerships with Hofstra University connect patient care with medical discovery and training for doctors, nurses and physician assistants. Founded in 1997, Northwell is headquartered in Lake Success, New York.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lake Success, NY
Founded: 1997

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