Licensed Master Social Worker

Licensed Master Social Worker

JOB-10044705

Anticipated Start Date

August 25, 2025

Location

New York, NY

Type of Employment

Contract Hire

Employer Info

Our client provides top-ranked care, dozens of inpatient and outpatient specialties, and mental health services with a team of highly trained and caring medical professionals who are compassionate, culturally competent and patient centered. Their vision is to be a fully integrated health system that enables New Yorkers to live their healthiest lives. Many of their roles are temp-to-hire, giving our client and our candidates the opportunity to ensure they are the right fit for a full-time position, as this comes with career advancement opportunities and excellent benefits. In fact, over 30% of our candidates have converted to full time positions at our client.

Job Summary

We are looking for individual to join our client’s team as Licensed Master Social Worker. You will support patients’ psychosocial needs, discharge planning, and coordination of care within a multidisciplinary team.

Job Description

• Provide biopsychosocial assessment per referral and assessment policy, plan and carry out appropriate interventions.
• Complete required documentation in a timely fashion, according to assigned area requirements and in a professional manner (see documentation policy)
• Provide ongoing supportive counseling and psychosocial interventions to patients and their families/significant others...
• As indicated, contact patient's families, collaterals, significant others, as well as community and medical providers and include/share this information in assessment, documentation, and during multidisciplinary meetings.
• Collaborate with family, collaterals, and providers in terms of treatment, referrals and/or aftercare planning.
• Coordinate with community resources and, when appropriate, support community reintegration efforts.
• Attend rounds and meetings with multidisciplinary teams.
• Advocate and negotiate with related social and community agencies to ensure services for patients.
• Provide caring, nonjudgmental, and ethical services to patients.
• Participate in performance improvement projects.
• Comply with all department, corporate, and hospital regulations, policies and procedures and conforming to established dress guidelines, time and leave requirements as an essential worker, and wearing identification badge while on duty.
• Incorporate universal screening for patients to identify if they are a victim of abuse. Follow hospital policies on interventions regarding child abuse, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking as well as NYS protocols for mandated reporting of suspected child abuse or maltreatment.
• Participate in regular supervision and ad-hoc supervision/escalation as necessary to seek guidance from appropriate personnel.
• Perform work-related duties with the understanding that as a hospital employee, one is categorized as an essential worker, which includes coming to assignment under a variety of circumstances such as inclement weather, pandemic, and other extreme circumstances.

Skills Required

• One-year LMSW experience
• Inpatient hospital medicine or surgery experience
• Manager would like someone with Hospital experience.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Valid Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW), license issued by NYSED, Primary Source Verification required.

Additional Requirements

• Malpractice Insurance - All Credentialed Providers are required to have active individual Medical Malpractice.
• Shift Time: 9am-5pm – Monday to Friday

Pay Rate

• $61.00 per hour

“We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law”.