Job Overview

The Social Worker, under general supervision, assists patients and their families in understanding illness and disabilities and resolving personal, financial and environmental difficulties which interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care. Specific duties may vary by area assigned. Develop collaborative relationships with other disciplines to assure effective patient care. After appropriate training, demonstrates competency for specific patient population. In specific program areas (e.g. Renal and Transplant), more detailed job descriptions specific to the program area have been developed.

Job Title: LCSW

Location: Long Island City, NY 11102

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: M-F, 9am to 5pm

Certifications: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

Duties

• Interview patients and families to assess and evaluate patients' social, psychological and environmental situations.
• Review information obtained from patient care staff and medical records, to determine patient needs. •
• Provide social work services in accordance with social work assessment and conducts individual and/or group treatment sessions for patients and families with personal and environmental difficulties which may interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical or psychiatric care. •
• Direct patients/families to appropriate community agencies and resources for financial assistance, counseling, rehabilitation, auxiliary care, or to aid in location of, e.g., medical supplies, adaptive devices. •
• Conduct discharge planning for patients with disabilities or illnesses, assessing needs for more specialized care, and arrange placement in other health care facilities, rehabilitation institutions, or extended care facilities as appropriate.
• Participate in placement of children. relationships.

Join our team as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve!