Social Worker - Eating and Weight Disorders
About The Position
Social Work Services at The Mount Sinai Hospital provides comprehensive social work services and programming to meet the needs of diverse populations. The department, founded in 1907, is one of the oldest in the nation and offers a pathway to LCSW licensure, continuing education, and professional development. The Social Worker assists patients and their families with understanding illness and disabilities, and resolving personal, financial, and environmental difficulties that hinder their medical care. They collaborate within interprofessional teams to provide direct care and prevention, emphasizing the physical, emotional, and social needs of each patient and their care partners.
Requirements
- Master's degree in social work from an accredited institution.
- Knowledge of social work services theories and techniques.
- Six months to one year related experience in a medical or health care setting.
- Knowledge of the social work process and community resources and agencies in relation to health, illness and disability.
Responsibilities
- Engage patients/care partners to assess and evaluate psychosocial needs for discharge planning and/or care management and/or other services.
- Engage patients/care partners for adjustment to health issues and evaluate coping strategies.
- Formulate interventions, discharge and/or comprehensive care plan that address identified needs.
- Provide clinical support to achieve mutually identified goals, in accordance with social work practice standards.
- Connect patients/care partners with appropriate community resources.
- Assess patterns of need within population(s) and work collaboratively to address them.
- Engage providers/interdisciplinary team around patient/care partner treatment concerns and provision of services.
- Collaborate with other internal departments and external community-based organizations and providers, as needed.
- Document patient encounters and program activities accurately, with appropriate detail, in a timely manner.
- Participate actively in supervision to assess and improve professional/clinical competence and actively seek professional development opportunities.
- Pursue professional development delineated by department Clinical Career Ladder.
- Obtain licensure consistent with New York State Office of the Professions criteria and departmental expectations.
- Performs other related duties.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
