Social Worker - Adult Metabolic Service (PART-TIME 0.6 FTE)

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Social Worker will provide social work services to adult patients with inborn errors of metabolism, conditions diagnosed in childhood that require lifelong management and treatment, often involving specialized diets and medications. The role provides short- and long-term individual and family care through psychotherapy, care management, crisis intervention, and health education as an active member of an interdisciplinary medical team. Patients are followed primarily in the outpatient Metabolic clinic. The Social Worker will advocate for patients as their medical and developmental needs evolve and support patients and families through end-of-life care and bereavement when needed. This 0.6 FTE position is based in person in the outpatient Metabolic clinic, with workdays on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The Social Worker may liaise with adult inpatient Social Workers to support continuity when patients are hospitalized, including assistance with metabolic-specific resources, medications, and formulas. Limited cross-coverage with the Pediatric Metabolic Social Worker is required during PTO.

Requirements

NYS LMSW or LCSW.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and team leadership skills.
Excellent organizational, data collection, and documentation skills.
Demonstrated experience providing psychosocial support and counseling to patients and families with chronic and complex illnesses, including interventions related to death and dying and bereavement counseling in healthcare settings.
Willingness to learn complex medical information related to rare diseases.
Experience with complex care coordination to facilitate multidisciplinary care for a high-risk metabolic population.
Strong interest in programmatic development.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Provide psychotherapy, care management, crisis intervention, and health education to adult patients and their families.
Deliver short- and long-term individual and family social work care in an outpatient clinic setting.
Participate as an active member of the interdisciplinary medical team.
Advocate for patients in keeping with their evolving medical and developmental needs.
Support patients and families with end-of-life care and bereavement.
Liaise with adult inpatient Social Workers to support continuity of care during hospitalizations.
Assist with metabolic-specific resource needs, medications, and formulas.
Provide limited cross-coverage for the Pediatric Metabolic Social Worker during PTO.