Travel Social Work - Social Worker
Long Island City, NY
Tact Staff
3x12 hrs

- 2
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 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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• 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.
• Work with other staff to develop quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in educational programs, related to social work theories and practices, of medical students and residents, and allied health professionals within and outside the Hospital through such activities as formal precepting, participating on committees, consultations, developing and presenting lectures, and so forth.
• Develop and maintains contacts with various community agencies to gather information on available resources, to relay appropriate patient information, and to improve services provided.
• Record concise narrative of assessment plan and interventions in patients' medical record.
• Engage in educational development and field work experience of advanced social work students.
• Participate in educational programs of medical students, residents and allied health professionals within and outside the Hospital.
• Maintain current knowledge about government and community social service programs and regulations.
• Participate in appropriate educational activities and department meetings.
• In some program areas, supervise less experienced social workers.
• After appropriate training, demonstrates competency for specific patient population.
• Performs other related duties.
•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 in relation to 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 understanding of the specific patient population with regard to socio demographic characteristics, behavior patterns, and service needs.
• Basic MS Office Suite
Master's degree in social work from an accredited institution