Duties Description Are you ready to start your Social Work career with New York State? Capital District Psychiatric Center is recruiting for Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) for their crisis intervention unit. Overnight shift positions are available, rotating weekends are required.Licensed Social Workers will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide compassionate care and individualized support services in a psychiatric emergency room setting. Duties including:

Completing psychiatric assessments with a Physician to determine if the individual would benefit from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
Providing verbal de-escalation and participating in interventions as needed.
Triaging phone calls and providing telephonic crisis response.
Securing inpatient bed for individuals in need and facilitating transfers.
Working with insurance companies to gain preauthorization for inpatient hospitalization.
Connecting individuals to outpatient services at the time of discharge.
Assisting in training and orientation of new staff and/or interns.

Minimum Qualifications Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement - Statewide (NY HELPS) program if they are licensed and currently registered by New York State as a Licensed Master Social Worker.
OR
Candidates within State Service can be considered transfer to a competitive class position if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.Additional Comments LMSWs are eligible for shift differential pay

7% for evening and weekend day shifts
10% for night shifts

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
Access to tuition assistance programs
Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
Paid time off - 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
NYS Retirement programs

Background checks will be required.NOTE:
1. If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position.2. In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.3. If appointed you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.#LI-DNISome positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.