Location: Rego Park,NY, USA
Job Description
Job Responsibility
1. *Provides direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help clients maximize their functioning. Travel to patient homes, community resources, community meetings may be required. 2. *Advocates on behalf of the client to ensure maximum access to health care. 3. *Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by hospital policies and procedures. 4. *Functions in a consultative and educative capacity with all pertinent individuals or agencies that impact on patients. 5. *Prepares materials for supervisory conferences. 6. *May direct the activities of paraprofessional staff, social work interns and volunteers. 7. *May participate in appropriate research, staff development programs and community liaison activities. 8. Performs related duties, as required. *ADA ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS/EOE.
Job Qualification
Experience in advocacy, case management, outpatient, resource s/entitlements, short-term crisis preferred. Provides Social Work services in HIV/AIDs, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
FT: *Those full-time employees hired on or after July 1, 1998 may be required to work every weekend for two years *Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).