Social Worker - Pediatrics (Ambulatory Care)

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital is a large department with a long history, employing over 450 licensed social workers across more than 65 program/service areas. The department emphasizes a holistic approach to patient care, addressing physical, emotional, and social needs. This specific role is a grant-funded position focused on providing complex care management and comprehensive social work services to children and their families within an underserved population. Services include primary mental health evaluations and short-term treatment, collaboration with community providers, supportive counseling, psychoeducation for adherence to primary care and family-centered wellness behaviors, and support for families at high risk for problematic parenting or child maltreatment. The social worker will be an integral part of the pediatric practice, collaborating with physicians, nurses, and administrators.

Requirements

NYS LMSW/LCSW
Demonstrated clinical skills, preferably with children and adolescents within ambulatory care populations.
Strong teamwork and organizational skills.
Ability to collaborate with a large group of medical providers.
Ability to work with a large population with variable social work needs for interventions.
Minimum of one year in current position unless a Float in Women’s and Children’s.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide complex care management and comprehensive social work services to children and their families.
Conduct primary mental health evaluations and short-term treatment.
Collaborate with community providers.
Offer supportive counseling and psychoeducation.
Encourage adherence to primary care and adoption of family-centered wellness behaviors.
Follow families at high risk for problematic parenting.
Collaborate with child protection social workers when encountering families at risk of abuse/child maltreatment.
Collaborate with attending physicians, resident physicians, nurses, and administrators.
Maintain data on cases served as a key component of deliverable services.
Engage families during pediatric appointments and work outside the confines of an appointment schedule.