Social Worker I - LMSW/LCSW - Mineola

NYU Langone Health • Mineola, NY

4d • $91,767 - $112,357

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is hiring a Social Worker I to provide psychosocial assessments and treatment, and consultation about patients and families. The role helps patients, families, and the health care team cope with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and life situations, including emotional, mental health, and substance abuse disorders.

The Social Worker assesses patients’ and families’ strengths and needs, develops and implements social work interventions, and documents findings and actions. The position also treats mental health and substance abuse problems, coordinates pre- and post-hospital or treatment needs, provides education and counseling, and participates in multidisciplinary care teams and quality improvement efforts.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work.
• Current and valid New York State Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license; required license is Licensed Social Worker - NYS.
• 1–2 years of social work experience 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 affecting patient care, and medical center resources for patient care needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, assessment, counseling, multitasking, detail-orientation, and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Assess patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to diagnosis, illness, treatment, or life situation; formulate and implement appropriate social work interventions and document findings and actions.
• Treat and manage mental health and/or substance abuse problems; assist with screening, identification, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, and related situations; provide training and consultation to health care professionals.
• Arrange, procure, and coordinate patients’ and families’ pre- and post-hospital or treatment needs.
• Educate patients and families about adapting to diagnosis, illness, treatment, or life situation; provide crisis intervention and brief or long-term individual, group, and family therapies as appropriate; teach and train students and staff.
• Participate in multidisciplinary health care teams, represent the social work perspective, and advocate for patients and families.
• Maintain records and statistics according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
• Attend and participate in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Employee wellness program addressing physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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