Social Worker - Pediatrics (Ambulatory Care)

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

7h•$88,691 - $101,671•Onsite

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 social worker in this grant funded position will provide complex care management and comprehensive social work services to children and their families under a grant whose mission is to provide access to social work services for the underserved. Social work services will include primary mental health evaluations and short-term treatment; complex care management and collaboration with community providers; supportive counseling; and psychoeducation to encourage adherence to primary care and adaption of family centered wellness behaviors. This social worker will also follow families who are at high risk for problematic parenting and will at times encounter families at risk of abuse/child maltreatment and collaborate closely with the child protection social worker. This social worker also collaborates with a large number of attending physicians, resident physicians, nurses, and administrators and will be an integral part of the pediatric practice.

Requirements

Licensed social worker
Grant funded position requires providing services to underserved populations.
Experience with primary mental health evaluations and short-term treatment.
Experience with complex care management and collaboration with community providers.
Experience with supportive counseling and psychoeducation.
Experience working with families at high risk for problematic parenting.
Experience working with families at risk of abuse/child maltreatment.
Ability to collaborate closely with child protection social workers.
Ability to collaborate with physicians, nurses, and administrators.

Nice To Haves

Pathway to LCSW licensure
Access to a broad range of continuing education, professional development, and extra-curricular opportunities.

Responsibilities

Provide complex care management and comprehensive social work services to children and their families.
Conduct primary mental health evaluations and short-term treatment.
Manage complex care and collaborate with community providers.
Offer supportive counseling and psychoeducation to 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.