Social Worker

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• In collaboration with the members of the health care teams, coordinates discharge planning for patients who are determined to be at psychosocial risk, assistance navigating the health care system and psychosocial support for patients admitted to their unit(s).
• Serves as a resource consultant to patients and their families and facilitates referrals to appropriate community agencies and hospital resources; may make home visits, where appropriate, to provide essential psychosocial assessments and social work interventions.
• Provides social work interventions to patients and their families including risk screening on all patients admitted to his/her unit through chart review and interdisciplinary rounds, psychosocial assessments for those with identified risk factors (including victims of abuse, neglect or domestic violence), providing psychosocial support including crisis intervention, supportive counseling and grief and bereavement counseling
• Handles risk management issues, in close consultation with their supervisor and the Associate Director.
• Documents social work activity in the electronic medical record
• Provides social work coverage, as requested, to other clinical units or programs during co-workers' absence
• Completes the following Administrative Functions:
• Completes Hospital and SW Division required in-service training programs and ongoing professional development activities including those that are designed to enhance knowledge and skills in protective work
• Completes required Employee Health appointments within required timeframe
• Attends all appropriate Social Work Division meetings including, but limited to – SW Division meetings, complex case discussion, transplant staff meeting, etc.
• Supervises social work students (MSW or BSW)
• Orients and provides ongoing peer support to new social work staff

Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• The social worker must have an MSW from an accredited social work graduate program and must obtain New York State license within eighteen months of employment.  REQUIRED
• Prior clinical experience in a medical setting and supervisory experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• The social worker should be familiar with medical social work and community resources PREFERRED

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• LMSW - Licensed Medical Social Worker - State Licensure within 1-1/2 years required or
• If duties will be performed under OMH a minimum of a limited permit (not to exceed 1 year) or NYS Licensure upon hire required

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