Social Worker I - LMSW/LCSW - Mineola

NYU Langone Health • Mineola, NY

6d • $91,767 - $112,357 • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is seeking a Social Worker I - LMSW/LCSW to join their team in Mineola. This role involves providing psychosocial assessments and treatment, as well as consultation to patients and families to help them cope with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and life situations, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Requirements

• Master's Degree Social Work
• Current and valid New York State Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) license or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license.
• 1 - 2 years Social work or social work internship in a health care setting or social service agency.
• Solid working knowledge of social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail orientation, and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and Powerpoint.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned
• Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. Formulates, develops, and implements a plan utilizing appropriate social work interventions. Documents findings, plan, and actions taken according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Treats and manages mental health and/or substance abuse problems. Assists with screening, identification, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc. Provides training and consultative services to other health care professionals.
• Arranges, procures, and coordinates patient and/or family pre and post hospital or treatment needs.
• Provides education to patients and families around issues related to adaptation to the patient's diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies. Provides teaching and training for students and staff from social work and other disciplines.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the social work perspective to and being an advocate for patients and families.
• Maintains records and statistics according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Benefits

• Financial security benefits
• Generous time-off program
• Employee resources groups for peer support
• Holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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