Social Worker - Samaritan Hospital - Inpatient Behavioral Health

Trinity Health•Troy, NY

21h•$30 - $43•Onsite

About The Position

This position is housed on the Inpatient Geriatric Mental Health Unit where the Social Worker is an integral part of the interdisciplinary treatment team. Here at Samaritan Hospital, an affiliate of St. Peter's Health Partners, we care for more people in more places. The Social Worker LMSW provides advance clinical social work services, which may include diagnosis and psychotherapy, treatment planning, case management, and community resource coordination to patients and their families. Work involves the use of sophisticated interviewing, assessment, and multi-modality psychotherapeutic interventions aimed at progressing care in the hospital setting and positively affecting the physical, cognitive, and emotional functioning of patients and their families. Work involves use of high-level creative problem solving and advance communication skills while performing under mainly autonomous yet supportive conditions.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work is required.
NYS LMSW or LCSW licensure is required.
Minimum of 1 year of experience in Medical, Psychiatric, or Health Care setting is required

Nice To Haves

MSW, MHC and LMHCs encouraged to apply as well!

Responsibilities

Assess and treat psychological, behavioral and emotional disorders
Identify barriers which impact optimal patient functioning and appropriate progression of care in the hospital setting
Provide specialized therapeutic interventions to geriatric patients receiving acute psychiatric care
Ensure patients receive appropriate resources in most appropriate setting
Work collaboratively with providers on the unit (MD, RN, PCT etc) as well as clinicians, advocates and representative of various community agencies to best meet the needs of the patients