Caseworker (Full Time)

At Stony Brook Medicine, our Social Workers are valuable members of our team, who provide empathic care to our patients, their families and visitors, with the highest degree of integrity and respect. Social Workers apply the principles and practices of their profession to provide integrated social casework, including direct counseling, therapy, advocacy, and other services to individuals, families and groups in a variety of settings. Social Workers plan, implement, coordinate and document treatment for individuals diagnosed with: mental illness and serious emotional disturbance; mental retardation and developmental disabilities; chemical addiction; or perpetrators or victims of neglect, abuse, or crime who need therapeutic intervention, habilitation, training, supervision and re-socialization, or confinement.
Qualified candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, knowledge and understanding of patient care and effectively respond to changing patient needs by making decisions based on ethical principles and adhering to our high standard of excellence.
Duties of a Social Worker II may include the following but are not limited to:

Psychosocial assessment of Social Work High Risk Criteria Cases.
Effectuate discharge planning.
Coordinate with Medical Teams, Community Partners and Transitional Care teams.
Charting and documentation including training, data management, statistics.
Assist patient financial services, including Medicaid and other entitlement programs.
Serve as liaison between community agencies and hospital.
Preparation of material as needed for guardianship, oversight agencies, surrogate decision making.
Supervision of professional social work students when appropriate.
Actively involved in performance improvement activities including program development, data collection and analysis.
Required: MSW from an accredited Social Work Education School. Experience in Medical Health Care. Ability to work and coordinate with established Medical Treatment Team. Experience in discharge planning and Long Length of stay barriers and systems. Working knowledge of Long Island and Metropolitan NY community resources. Computer literate. Ability to implement and run medical team rounds. Understanding of community systems, of project management and action planning, of team work and team leader focus and of data collection and statistics. Understands role of SW and Case Management as it pertains to throughput and Length of Stay.
Experience in Multiple Medical Specialties in Social Work Health Care. Experience in Hospital, In-Patient setting, or skilled Nursing Facility. Discharge Planning experience. Diagnosis specific Social Work. Bi-lingual.
Upload of documentation must be included with your application for consideration.

Special Notes: Resume/CV should be included with the online application.
Candidates are advised on the application that for full consideration, applications must be received before the initial review date (which is within two weeks of the posting date).

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Meet Regulatory Requirements for pre-employment screenings.
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Location pay for UUP, CSEA & PEF full-time positions ($4000)

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