Social Worker MSW

About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clincal progams rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:

We’re currently seeking a full-time Social Worker MSW to provide services to patients with comorbid addiction and psychiatric issues in our Adult Psychiatry department and other areas of the hospital as needed such as the emergency room.

Responsibilities:

• Perform intake assessments for patients new to the clinic.
• Provide direct treatment services to patients within the clinic utilizing appropriate modalities including individual therapy, group therapy, and crisis intervention.
• Provide presentations on pertinent clinical topics to trainees and fellow clinicians.
• Participate in interdisciplinary diagnostic and treatment planning conferences, supervision sessions, case presentations, and make recommendations regarding the needs of the patient from a social work perspective.
• Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM (35 hours per week)

Qualifications:

• Masters in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.
• Current NYS licensure as a LMSW/LCSW.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in mental health field required.
• Experience, interest and comfort working with adults with comorbid addiction and psychiatric issues in an outpatient psychiatric setting or similar outpatient setting.
• Good interpersonal verbal/written communication skills.
• Bilingual is a plus particularly Spanish/Bengali/Urdu/Arabic.

Pay Range: USD $43.60 - USD $61.11 /Hr. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.