Social Worker - Eating & Weight Disorders

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

21d

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 Eating and Weight Disorder Program is a comprehensive treatment program for individuals with eating and feeding disorders. The program aims to cater to those individuals who would benefit from outpatient therapeutic support. The program focuses on providing patients and their families with tools needed to attain and stabilize a healthy weight, normalize disordered eating patterns and return to a more functional and healthy mode of living.

Requirements

• NYS LMSW or LCSW
• Ability to assess needs and coordinate resources within hospital and community networks for effective management of patient care.
• Excellent verbal, written, collaborative, clinical and organizational skills.
• Minimum one year in current position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with providing services to those with eating and weight disorders preferred.
• Experience providing individual, group, and family therapy preferred.

Responsibilities

• conducting therapy as part of a research study that includes delivering family therapy sessions geared towards improving eating behavior for adolescents with a low-weight eating disorder
• support therapy delivery for new research as applicable for individuals with eating disorders across all ages
• conducting diagnostic interviews
• coding therapy integrity from video recording
• safety assessments
• communication as needed with participant physicians
• attending weekly supervision meetings
• drafting clinical notes
• entering data collected from sessions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level