Social Worker, LMSW/LCSW - Per Visit - Home Health Care - Brooklyn

NYU Langone Medical Center • Brooklyn, NY

73d • $65 - $65 • Onsite

About The Position

In this role, the successful candidate Treats patient on an intermittent basis in their home to enable them to achieve optimal level of care. Provides psychosocial assessments and treatment as well as consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.

Requirements

• Master's Degree Social Work.
• Current and valid New York State Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) 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, Outlook).
• Travel to patient's homes under all weather conditions.

Nice To Haves

• 1 - 2 years Health care setting as a medical social worker.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• 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..
• Travels to patients homes under all weather conditions to provide treatment.
• Provides psycho-social 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.
• Provides education regarding advanced directives; explores Goals of Care, as well ad educates/refers to Palliative Care/Hospice if/when indicated and facilitates referrals to Hospice when indicated.

Benefits

• At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement.
• The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support.
• Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.
• The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees