Social Worker
About The Position
The Social Worker provides social work services to a patient care unit when its assigned social worker is unavailable for a significant period, such as an extended leave, vacancy before a replacement is hired, vacation, or illness. Coverage duties are the same services provided by the social worker assigned to the patient care unit. The role includes psychosocial assessments, service planning to address identified needs and promote health outcomes and patient safety, discharge planning, resource referral and provision, and supportive care related to grief and loss. The Social Worker addresses suspected child abuse or neglect and intimate partner violence (IPV), participates in interdisciplinary rounds, and delivers person-centered, trauma-informed care. The role also includes documenting interventions in patients’ medical records, collaborating with medical and nursing teams on discharge and post-hospital care, and providing handoffs to outpatient after-care social workers. The Social Worker participates in training and educational opportunities relevant to social work in maternal and child health and welfare. The position is temporary, full-time, scheduled for 40 hours per week, and ends December 31, 2026.
Requirements
- Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- LMSW state licensure within 1.5 years is required; if duties are performed under OMH, a limited permit (not to exceed one year) or New York State licensure is required upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide social work coverage to a patient care unit when its assigned social worker is unavailable for a significant period.
- Perform psychosocial assessments and develop service plans to address identified needs and promote health outcomes and patient safety.
- Identify and manage cases of suspected child abuse or neglect and intimate partner violence.
- Provide discharge planning and participate in interdisciplinary rounds.
- Deliver person-centered, trauma-informed care, refer patients to and provide resources, and offer supportive care related to grief and loss.
- Participate in training and educational opportunities relevant to social work in maternal and child health and welfare.
- Document interventions in the patient’s medical record in accordance with Social Work policy.
- Collaborate with medical and nursing teams regarding discharge planning and post-hospital care needs.
- Provide handoffs to social workers in outpatient after-care settings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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Job Type
Full-time
