Social Worker- Multispecialty, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, Full Time, Days, Union, Offsite

The social worker will be responsible for providing psychosocial services with an emphasis on helping patients and families cope with the crisis of critical illness. There is also a strong emphasis on complex discharge planning. The social worker will have the opportunity to collaborate as a member of the team, which requires strong interdisciplinary skills, as well as knowledge of crisis, and family systems. Coverage will include other med/surg floors.

Responsibilities

1. Engage and comprehensively assess patients and families. 
2. Formulate individualized plan for intervention and treatment. 
3. Implement intervention and treatment plan. 
4. Create, with patient and/or family, safe, appropriate, proactive discharge/community plans. 
5. Implement, on a timely basis, with indicated advocacy, discharge/community plans. 
6. Enhance service delivery to patients/families through programmatic assessment and implementation.
7. Provide services in accordance with professional standards of practice. 
8. Maintain productivity and documentation standards. 
9. Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with all colleagues, thereby enhancing the teams functioning. 
10. Take initiative in furthering professional competency and development.

Masters Degree in Social Work 

Knowledge of social work services theories and techniques. 

Level of knowledge of social work process and community resources and agencies in relation to health, illness and disability, generally acquired through six months to one-year related experience in a medical or health care setting. 

Name: LMSW Issuing Agency: Department of Health/Office of Professions Collective bargaining unit: SEIU Local 144-MSQ-NonRN Compensation Statement 

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $39.31 - $46.99 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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