Job DescriptionJob Title: Social Worker (LCSW) - Center for Stress, Resilience & Personal GrowthSocial Work Services at the Mount Sinai Hospital The Mount Sinai Hospital is a 1,134-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 Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth takes a multi-disciplinary approach to address the needs of Mount Sinai's healthcare workers, their adult dependents, and the broader community. A primary goal of the Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth is to help our workers recover from their mental health concerns and even become more resilient, thereby helping to ensure the future of our health care system. We also specialize in supporting members of the community in recovering from acute stressors, depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, with an emphasis on building long-term resilience. The Center collaborates with and complements other Mount Sinai programs, such as those organized by the Office of Well-Being and Resilience, Human Resources Department, Talent Development and Learning, and the mental health services offered through the Department of Psychiatry. As part of this work, the Center offers its own mental health treatment services to better serve the diverse population of Mount Sinai employees and their families.ResponsibilitiesThe social workers in this full-time position will devote 23-26 hours per week to evidence-based time-limited individual care. The remainder of the 37.5-hour work week will include attending meetings and supervisions, doing case management/documentation, and liaising with primary care practices to support employee referrals. Responsibilities and distribution of effort may change based on Center needs. This clinical arm of the Center is part of the Mount Sinai Hospital Psychiatry Faculty Practice Associates (FPA). This position reports to Ashley Doukas, PhD, the Clinical Director of the Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth. A minimum of one hour of clinical supervision will be provided weekly, in CBT and other evidence-based short-term treatment modalities. At present, therapy is provided largely via telehealth, with some in-person visits by patient request. We have a hybrid model, with staff reporting to one of our locations at 150 East 42nd Street or 1240 Park Avenue two days per week and working three days remotely. Some scheduling flexibility is required, and staff must be able to offer 4 appointment slots from 5-7 pm and/or 7-9 am, as needed by patients. The remaining days will be 9-5. Consideration given to flexible schedules, including evening and/or weekend hours.Qualifications
- Experience providing mental health assessment and treatment for adults required.
- Experience with CBT/DBT/IPT and other short-term approaches strongly preferred.
- Experience with PTSD, depression, and anxiety preferred.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
- Excellent clinical, verbal, written, collaborative, and organizational skills, with ability to
- work flexibly and creatively in a growing, rapidly evolving program.
- LCSW required (licensure in other states a plus).
- Minimum one year in current position.
Non-Bargaining Unit, 096 - Social Work - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine, Care Management, Health HomeAbout Us
Strength Through Diversity The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally. Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
About the Mount Sinai Health System: Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high Honor Roll status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's The World's Best Smart Hospitals ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally. The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.
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