Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has extensive experience in providing primary and preventive care to school-aged children through its school-based health centers (SBHC), which have been in operations since 1982.

One of New York’s original demonstration programs, the Jamaica Hospital’s School Health Program, has served tens of thousands of children over its 30-year history. Jamaica Hospital has three School Based Health Centers (SBHC) located in Queens; Campus Magnet High School, PS 155, and PS 223.

Jamaica Hospital School Health program has an exciting opportunity for a Psychotherapist/Social Worker (LMSW) one for our elementary school and one for our highschool.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains active social work caseload, including but not limited to: distributing mental health screenings to enrolled population; individual and family counseling; counseling services via telehealth; classroom workshops and parent workshops;.
• Provides direct service to patients with engagement of families as indicated using a variety of social work modalities between the hours 7.30 am to 4.00 pm, Monday thru Friday.
• On-site services at the SBHC include mental health care individual setting, including assessment, treatment, referral, and crisis intervention.
• Primary prevention; individual mental health assessment, treatment, and follow-up.
• Crisis intervention; short and long-term counseling; linkage with community counseling; group and family counseling; and case management.
• Child development activities, classroom outreach and presentations.
• Advocates on behalf of the client to ensure maximum access to health care.
• Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by hospital policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Social Work required.
• LMSW licensure in the State of New York required.
• Prior experience in a school setting highly preferred.
• Prior experience managing ACS calls.
• Prior experience with managing situations of suspected child abuse and making reports to the SCR.

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer committed to serving our patients and the community in a way that is second to none by embracing a compassionate care environment throughout our entire organization. We are a caring group of colleagues, passionate for creating positive patient and colleague interactions by fostering a culture that respects and embraces diversity

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $33.64 - $45.51 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Application Question(s):

• Do you have prior experience working with children? (required for consideration).

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Social work in pediatric setting: 2 years (Required)
• school health/pediatric: 2 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• LMSW license (Preferred)

Work Location: In person