Caseworker, Social Work

Duration: 7+ Weeks Contract with potential for extension based on performance and needs

Shift: Monday
- Friday: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Location: New York NY 10016

Duties:

• Under supervision, provides social services to clients/patients, such as; recipients of public assistance, food stamps and/or medical assistance, adults receiving or needing institutional care or protective services. Identifies, develops and implements social service plans for such families/individuals - determine the eligibility for these services and may perform counselling and investigatory activity related to the work.
• Specific field/in-person or telephonic care coordination tasks as needed, escort of patients in community
• Manage schedule to allow for adequate time for: field/travel, face to face patient engagement, completion of time sensitive follow up, documentation, and administrative tasks.
• Providing patients/family assistance with system navigation.
• Facilitate referrals to a variety of community-based services including, but not limited to: medical, mental health, and substance treatment; housing, transportation, home care, DME, HD, respite and other needs as identified.
• Conduct post discharge follow up for patients when indicated.
• Providing back up coverage for facility placements, and 24-hour discharge notice distribution
• Providing support to Primary SW with concrete tasks, including NOK searches

Skills:

• 3 years' experience.

Education:

• A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university.

Required Skills:

• EPIC

Additional

Skills:

• Facility placement support
• Referral facilitation
• NOK searches

EEO: "Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of
- Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."