Social Worker - Adolescent Health

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital The Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1,134-bed facility with an extensive outpatient and specialty care network and is the largest hospital in the Mount Sinai Health Care System. It offers comprehensive social work services and programming to meet the myriad needs of the diverse populations we serve. We believe that total patient care must emphasize the physical, emotional, and social needs of each patient and their care partners. Social Workers collaborate within interprofessional teams to serve patients and the larger community from both a micro and macro level including both direct care and prevention. Founded in 1907, the Department of Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest hospital social work departments in the nation with over 450 licensed social workers employed across more than 65 different program/service areas. Employment in our department provides a pathway to LCSW licensure as well as access to a broad range of continuing education, professional development and extra-curricular opportunities. The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (“MSAHC” or the “Center”) works to break down racial, social and economic barriers to health care and wellness for young people by providing vital services - high quality, comprehensive, integrated and confidential - for all who come to the Center or school-based health facilities, at a low cost to them. The MSAHC advances adolescent and young adult health as a national imperative by serving as a leading center of clinical care, specialized training, innovative research and advocacy. The A28 Social Worker will provide social work services to at risk adolescents from 10-26y/o and their families in an integrated medical and mental health primary care setting at MSAHC. She/he/they will provide short term individual, family, and group psychotherapy, intense case management, crisis intervention, and health education as part of an interdisciplinary medical and mental health service model. A28 SW will consult with medical providers who are working with high-risk patients with both medical and mental health needs and conduct clinical assessments on patients referred by medical providers. These include providers within primary care and child and adolescent psychiatry. All A28 SW’s will participate developing an innovative model to engage and retain adolescents who have a variety of psychosocial needs, particularly focusing on individuals with a history of trauma (e.g. sexual abuse, domestic violence, community violence, physical abuse.)

Requirements

NYS LCSW or LMSW
Commitment to MSAHC’s mission, vision and approach to ensure a patient-centric culture which is collaborative and multidisciplinary.
A passion for working with young people and a work ethic in which a commitment to understanding and solving the needs of each patient is a priority.
A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Significant experience working with low-income, inner-city, HIV positive, at-risk adolescents.
Skillful in assessing patient needs in relationship to health and psychosocial functioning and establishing intervention accordingly.
Experience identifying and collaborating with external resources (e.g. housing, public assistance, insurance, schools) and other specific services relating to HIV positive and High Risk young adults required.
Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions, such as preventative and risk-reduction models that reflect developmentally appropriate methods and materials in working with adolescents and young adults (i.e. TF-CBT, CBT, MI, DBT, EMDR, CPT, IPT-A).
Experience in providing individual therapy and group work.
Excellent collaborative, clinical and communication skills.
Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
Working knowledge of state regulations related to child abuse, neglect, and other urgent care issues.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with populations with complex trauma histories preferred.
Experience working with LGBTQIA identified adolescents and young adults preferred.
Ability to be flexible and use non traditional approaches in working with young adults preferred.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide social work services to high-risk adolescents who are HIV positive and who are high risk for contracting HIV, and their families at AHC in the context of a team approach-Project IMPACT.
The social worker will provide intense Medical case management, crisis intervention, short-term and ongoing individual, family, and group supportive counseling services, as part of an inter-disciplinary supportive case management and medical team.
Social worker will also participate in developing strategies to recruit and retain adolescents who are at high risk for HIV and those who are HIV positive in care.