LCSW

Job Description: 

Licensed Clinical Social Worker 

Job Description

• Provide biopsychosocial      assessment per referral and assessment policy, plan and carry out      appropriate interventions.
• Complete required      documentation in a timely fashion, according to assigned area requirements      and in a professional manner (see documentation policy)
• Provide ongoing support      and psychotherapeutic counseling to patients, families/significant others      as well as concrete services at frequency determined by respective      assigned area.
• As indicated, make      contact with patient's families, collaterals, significant others, as well      as community and medical providers and include/share this information in      assessment, documentation, and during multidisciplinary meetings.
• Collaborate with family,      collaterals, and providers in terms of treatment, referrals and/or      aftercare planning.
• Escort patients into the      community and make home visits as needed.
• Attend rounds and      meetings with multidisciplinary teams.
• Advocate and negotiate      with related social and community agencies to ensure services for      patients.
• Provide caring,      nonjudgmental, and ethical services to patients.
• Participate in      performance improvement projects
• Comply with all      department, corporate, and hospital regulations, policies and procedures      and conforming to established dress guidelines, time and leave      requirements as an essential worker, and wearing identification badge      while on duty.
• Incorporate universal      screening for patients to identify if they are a victim of abuse. Follow      hospital policies on interventions regarding child abuse, intimate partner      violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking as well as      NYS protocols for mandated reporting of suspected child abuse or      maltreatment.
• Participate in regular      supervision and ad-hoc supervision/escalation as necessary to seek      guidance from appropriate personnel.
• Perform work-related      duties with the understanding that as a hospital employee, one is      categorized as an essential worker, which includes coming to assignment      under a variety of circumstances such as inclement weather, pandemic, and      other extreme circumstances.