Social Worker - Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Job Title: Social Worker - Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Social 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.

• In the Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, the worker in this position will function as part of an interdisciplinary team providing comprehensive mental health assessment and treatment to children and adolescents who meet DSM-V criteria for a psychiatric disorder. 

• Collateral work with caregivers and families and strong community collateral work is an integral part of the role. 
• Therapeutic modalities include individual, family and group therapies. 
• This position will require some evening hours. 

• NYS LMSW or LCSW.
• Experience working with mentally ill children and their families.
• Training in evidence-based treatment methods with children and adolescents, including but not limited to CBT, DBT, parenting and family work (PMT), trauma-informed work (TF-CBT, CPP).
• Experience with Administration for Children?s Services (ACS)/foster care, Department of Education (DOE), Office of Mental Health (OMH), Health Home and community-based child mental health services.
• Individual, family, and group treatment skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with interdisciplinary treatment team.
• LCSW preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Minimum one year in current position.

Non-Bargaining Unit, 186 - Social Services - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital