Social Worker Eating & Weight Disorders
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Social Worker - Eating & Weight Disorders
Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital
The Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1134-bed facility with an extensive outpatient and specialty care network and is the largest hospital in the Mount Sinai Health Care System. It offers comprehensive social work services and programming to meet the myriad needs of the diverse populations we serve. We believe that total patient care must emphasize the physical emotional and social needs of each patient and their care partners. Social Workers collaborate within interprofessional teams to serve patients and the larger community from both a micro and macro level including both direct care and prevention. Founded in 1907 the Department of Social Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the oldest hospital social work departments in the nation with over 450 licensed social workers employed across more than 65 different program/service areas. Employment in our department provides a pathway to LCSW licensure as well as access to a broad range of continuing education professional development and extra-curricular opportunities.
The Mount Sinai Eating and Weight Disorder Program is a comprehensive treatment program for individuals with eating and feeding disorders. The program aims to cater to those individuals who would benefit from outpatient therapeutic support. The program focuses on providing patients and their families with tools needed to attain and stabilize a healthy weight normalize disordered eating patterns and return to a more functional and healthy mode of living.
Responsibilities
The social worker in this new position will be responsible for conducting therapy as part of a research study that includes delivering family therapy sessions geared towards improving eating behavior for adolescents with a low-weight eating disorder. This position will also support therapy delivery for new research as applicable for individuals with eating disorders across all addition this position includes conducting diagnostic interviews coding therapy integrity from video recording safety assessments and communication as needed with participant physicians. This position includes attending weekly supervision meetings drafting clinical notes and entering data collected from sessions.
Qualifications
- NYS LMSW or LCSW.
- Ability to assess needs and coordinate resources within hospital and community networks for effective management of patient care.
- Experience with providing services to those with eating and weight disorders preferred.
- Experience providing individual group and family therapy preferred.
- Excellent verbal written collaborative clinical and organizational skills.
- Minimum one year in current position.
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