Job Information
Guthrie Social Worker - Center for Mental Health - Full Time in Binghamton, New York
Job Summary:
Investigates, assesses and plans interventions to help patients cope with social, emotional, economic and environmental problems.
Education, License & Cert:
Licensed Social Worker
Essential Functions:
Interviews patients, assesses priorities and documents case activity.
Consults with team managers, statutory and voluntary agencies and patient's relatives to ensure compliance with patient's treatment plan.
Assists clients/families with obtaining community assistance by referral to proper resources.
Develops and maintains working relationships with community health, welfare and social agencies and seeks creative means to assist the client with his/her needs.
Supports management of concurrent review, discharge planning processes, social services, home care and other post discharge needs.
Other Duties:
Other duties as assigned
Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.
The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace.
The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.