Social Worker - Eating Disorders Track - Out-Patient Services - Part-Time
About The Position
Elevate your Social Work career at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and discover why we're the nation's #4-ranked center for Psychiatry. Social workers at NewYork-Presbyterian provide services to patients of all ages – from children to adults – who are admitted to our hospital or who are seen on an out-patient basis. As part of your health care team, the professional social work staff helps patients and families understand and cope with medical, psychological, and social issues related to their illness. Together, we've built a healing haven for patients. Here, you'll experience all the reasons why you entered such a rewarding field. As a Social Worker in the eating disorders track, you will work closely with an interdisciplinary team to provide individual, family and group psychotherapy and discharge planning to adult patients with eating disorders who also have various co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses. Here the patient's benefit from the latest clinical research findings and advances in the treatment of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, and related disorders. We understand that eating disorders are serious illnesses, and we also believe that recovery is possible. Experience a place where your discipline is immensely respected. This is a part-time(21hrs/week) position at NYP/Westchester Behavioral Health.
Requirements
- Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW)
- Limited Permit (must supply exam date prior to start of employment)
- Fieldwork or previous experience in a psychiatric setting using CBT and/or DBT
- Competency in individual, family and group treatment modalities and treatment techniques appropriate to an acute outpatient treatment setting
- Knowledge base of bio-psychosocial model, DSM-V diagnoses, criteria for treatment of different diagnoses in an acute care setting, behavioral risk factors and of the impact of mental illness upon individual and family functioning
- Knowledge base of community and discharge planning resources and processes
- Experience using an electronic medical record
Nice To Haves
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
- 3 to 5 years of experience in the treatment of adult psychiatric patients
- Experience with eating disorders or commitment to working with this population
- Training in CBT and/or DBT
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
