What We Provide

• Referral bonus opportunities

• Generous paid time off (PTO), starting at 30 days of paid time off and 9 company holidays

• Health insurance plan for you and your loved ones, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability

• Employer-matched retirement saving funds

• Personal and financial wellness programs

• Pre-tax flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care

• Generous tuition reimbursement for qualifying degrees

• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement

• Internal mobility, generous tuition reimbursement, CEU credits, and advancement opportunities

• Interdisciplinary network of colleagues through the VNS Health Social Services Community of Professionals

What You Will Do

• Delivers outreach services to mentally ill individuals in the community, providing in-home mental health intervention to those experiencing or at risk of psychosocial difficulties

• Collaborates with another team member to perform psychosocial evaluations and assess mental health service needs of clients and their families through observation and interviewing

• Creates and execute short-term service plans for clients in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team

• Responds promptly to dispatch calls, traveling from the office to the clients' homes within two hours

• Ensures seamless program operations as a vital liaison to community agencies and stepping in for the Program Coordinator as needed

• Ensures uninterrupted comprehensive care from counseling and care management to long-term supplemental treatment referrals and follow-up

• Prepares case histories and prepares and maintains case records, in accordance with the Program record-keeping mechanism

• Encourages resistant clients to accept mental health services through interventions with clients and/or family members and friends concerned with the client's welfare

• May provide clinical supervision for Mental Health Technician, graduate Social Worker students or junior staff Social Workers

What You Bring

• Current registration to practice as a Licensed Master Social Worker in New York State Required as determined by operational/regional needs

• Valid driver's license may be required

• Minimum of one year experience as a Social Worker in a health care setting required as determined by operational needs, bilingual skills may be required

• Must be able to walk up and down steps to access patient residences

Education

• Master's degree in social work after successfully completing a prescribed course of study at a graduate school of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and the Education Dept.