Social Worker Assistant, Department of Social Work
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Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Within the administrative framework of the department and under the supervision of a Clinical Supervisor or Senior Social Worker the Social Work Assistant will carry out designated functions of the social work discipline as related to patient care.
Responsibilities
- Establishes and maintains positive relationships with patients visitors and other employees. Interacts professionally courteously and appropriately with patients visitors and other employees. Behaves in a manner consistent with maintaining and furthering a positive public perception of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center and its employees
- Elicit patients social/emotional problems. Provide reality oriented counseling and/or environmental manipulation.
- Conduct informational activity oriented groups.
- Carry responsibility for patient placements and disposition.
- Escort patients for interviews and home and field visits.
- Collaborate with inter-disciplinary team in providing patient care.
- Provide necessary reports record documentation and statistics as required.
- Perform other activities as required assuring services to patients and the functioning of the Social Work Program.
Qualifications
- Prior experience in a social agency or clinical setting under professional supervision.
- A minimum of two (2) years post Bachelors Degree experience providing inpatient or outpatient services to medical surgical. or pediatric patients..
- Baccalaureate Degree in Social Work or related field in Human Services (Required)
- Computer literacy (Required)
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Motivational Interviewing
- Acute Care
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health
- Intake Experience
- Hospice Care
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Child Welfare
- Experience with Children
- Social Work
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
BronxCare Health System is the largest voluntary, not-for-profit health care system serving the South and Central Bronx. BronxCare Health System provides more than one million outpatient visits, and ER volume has increased to 140,000 visits annually, among the busiest for a hospital i ... View more
