Position: Social worker
Location: Long Island City, NY
Duration: 3 months contract with extension possibilities.
Shift: M-F, 9am to 5pm (5*8)
Pay - $40-$45/hr
Job Summary: The Social Worker, under general supervision, assists patients and their families in understanding illness and disabilities and resolving personal, financial, and environmental difficulties that interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical 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 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.
• Participate as a team member in conferences with other health care professionals, and communicate to patient care staffs the social, emotional and environmental problems which may affect patients' response to treatment.
Skills:
•Knowledge of social work services theories and techniques.
•Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW); some positions may require the LCSW.
•Level of knowledge of social work process and community resources and agencies about health, illness, and disability, generally acquired through six months to one-year related experience in a medical or health care setting.
• High level of interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with Hospital and agency health care professionals, and to interact with patients and families during periods of emotional stress.
• Analytical abilities necessary to assess patient needs, to develop associated treatment modalities, and to provide effective counseling.
• Ability to develop an understanding of the specific patient population about socio demographic characteristics, behavior patterns, and service needs.
• Basic MS Office Suite
Education: Master's degree in social work from an accredited institution
Certifications & Licenses: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want more details about the position. I'm happy to answer any inquiries you may have.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Kratika Maharwal
Senior Associate – US Recruitment
EST
917-781-0429 kratika.maharwal@pride-health.com
420 Lexington Ave, 30th FL. • New York, NY 10170
