Full Time Social Worker - Samaritan Hospital - Geriatric Psych
About The Position
The Social Worker LMSW provides advanced 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 advanced communication skills while performing under mainly autonomous yet supportive conditions. This position is housed on the Inpatient Geriatric Mental Health Unit where the Social Worker is an integral part of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
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
Benefits
- clinical supervision for licensure progression
- generous tuition allowance
- career development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
