Mental Health Caseworker

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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In this role, the successful candidate Provides psychosocial assessments, diagnosis, and treatment as well as consultation about patients and families to assist them and the health care team in coping with the patient's hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, treatment, and/or life situation, including emotional, mental, and substance abuse disorders.
Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social, and environmental strengths and problems related to their diagnosis, illness, treatment, and/or life situation. Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan utilizing appropriate clinical social work treatments and interventions. Documents assessment, plan, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
Treats and manages mental health and/or substance abuse problems. Assists with screening, identification, diagnosis, management, and treatment of victims of abuse, neglect, domestic violence, rape, etc. Provides training and consultative services to other health care professionals.
Arranges, procures, and coordinates patient andor family pre and post hospital or treatment needs.
May utilize crisis intervention, brief and long-term individual, group, and family therapies. Provides teaching and training for students and staff from social work and other disciplines.
Participates in multi-disciplinary health care teams and provides leadership in representing the clinical social work perspective to and being a liaison for patients and families.
Maintains records and statistics and documents assessments, plans, interactions, and interventions according to departmental and institutional guidelines and standards.
Attends and participates in staff, committee, departmental, institutional, and other administrative meetings and continuous quality improvement efforts.
To qualify you must have a Master's Degree Social Work Required. Current and valid New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license Required. 3-5 years Social work in a health care setting or social service agency Required. Strong working knowledge of clinical social work practice, relevant medical and/or legal issues that impact patient care, and medical center resources to access and provide for patient care needs Required. Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office especially Word, Excel, and Powerpoint Required..

Required Licenses: Lic Clinical Social Worker
1-2 years Social work in a clinical setting Preferred.
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. We require applications to be completed online.

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