Social Worker

Licensed Master Social Workers and Licensed Clinical Social Workers – Care that Gives Hope

Are you looking for a job where you can make a difference?

Hutchings Psychiatric Center (HPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, located in downtown Syracuse is recruiting Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) to join their Social Work team. Opportunities are available to work with individuals with mental illness in HPC’s inpatient units; the shift schedule is days including one (1) weekend day and one (1) evening.

As an LMSW or LCSW assigned to HPC’s Inpatient unit, you will be part of a multidisciplinary team that provides culturally competent and evidence-based treatment and support services in a recovery-oriented environment including :

• Performing appropriate assessment of risk, crisis intervention, and referrals in response to mental health crises
• Developing individualized treatment and discharge plans
• Providing counseling and education to individuals, groups, and families
• Advocating and providing connections to needed services

About HPC

HPC is a comprehensive, community-based mental health facility serving individuals from the Central New York region. HPC is committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities along with activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment for underserved populations.

If you would like to join HPC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer :

Minimum Qualifications :

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

In order to be hired and to maintain your employment, candidates cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and / or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists. If appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists, you may be terminated from your employment.

Background checks are required.

Background checks are required.