**Job Description** **Job Title:** **Social Worker – Obstetrics & Pulmonary - MSH** **_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. This is a unique opportunity for a social worker to make a meaningful impact by supporting two critical social connectedness and education programs **Qualifications** + NYS LMSW or LCSW. + Strong interest in maternal and paternal health. + Strong interest in supporting individuals with chronic illnesses. + Prior experience with group facilitation. + Experience in case management and assessments. + Familiarity with postpartum mental health and/or chronic illness support is a plus. + Prior experience working with low-income populations is required. + Excellent organizational/time management skills, including administrative practices, and strong attention to detail. + Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to connect with diverse populations. + Willingness to learn new skills and engage in cross-disciplinary work. + Ability to establish and maintain professional and effective working relationships with a diverse range of individuals and groups. + Ability to work independently while being team-focused. + Excellent assessment skills. + Experience with research-based or evaluation-focused programs is a plus. + Bilingual (English/Spanish). , 186 - Social Services - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital **Responsibilities** **Bonded by Baby Program** : The social worker in this position, a peer-based initiative for postpartum parents, will facilitate group psychoeducation sessions for new parents in both virtual and in-person settings, delivering a comprehensive, evidence-based intervention aimed at strengthening social connections and supporting the emotional well-being of mothers/birthing people and fathers/co-parents during the first year postpartum. The program is a collaborative initiative between Mount Sinai Health System and Social Creatures, an applied research not-for-profit. The program brings together new parents who live nearby and have given birth within a 4-8 week window to foster a supportive peer community. In this role, you will deliver the curriculum, facilitate group sessions, provide case management, conduct assessments, assist with program development, and contribute to research efforts evaluating the program's effectiveness. **Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness** : In this peer-based initiative, the social worker will help develop and facilitate a group psychoeducation program, offered both virtually and in person, for individuals living with Long Covid, ME/CFS, chronic tick and vector-borne illnesses, joint hypermobility spectrum disorders, and other infection-associated complex chronic illnesses. Additionally, you will assist with patient navigation, helping participants access mental, physical, and social health resources, while providing general case management and emotional support. Additionally, within a few months of starting, the worker in this role will facilitate an existing Long Covid support group. _This position is funded for 12 months by the Robin Hood Foundation and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, with the possibility of an extension depending on ongoing funding._ **About 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.” **EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans** **Compensation Statement** Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $81999.92 - $101000.08 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.