Social Worker, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI

OPEN TO PERMANENT SOCIAL WORKERS AND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WHO WILL FILE FOR EXAM # FROM 3 / 6 / TO 3 / 26 / ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

NOTE : Valid NYS Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by the New York State Department of Education within one year of the date of appointment.

Established in , the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country.

Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers, in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential, regardless of who they are, how old they are, where they are from, or where they live.

As a world-renowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure, innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge, and responding to urgent public health crises from New York City’s yellow fever outbreak in , to the COVID-19 pandemic we are a hub for public health innovation, expertise, and programs, and services.

We serve as the population health strategist, and policy, and planning authority for the City of New York, while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy, including programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV / AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and racial and social justice work, among others.

Our Agency’s five strategic priorities, building off a recently-completed strategic planning process emerging from the COVID-19 emergency, are :

1) To re-envision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies, with a focus on building a response-ready organization, with faster decision-making, transparent public communications, and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and diet-related disease, including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes, and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods

3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including : reducing overdose deaths, strengthening our youth mental health systems, and supporting people with serious mental illness

4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for women’s health

5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change

Our 7,-plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work, and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City, the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racism’s impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond.

In , the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance anti-racist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power, opportunity and access, the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH)'s Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (BHHS) oversees the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

• Across a range of programs and through extensive collaboration with other parts of NYC DOHMH and external stakeholders, BHHS leads testing initiatives;
• prevention, care, and treatment programming; epidemiology and surveillance; research and evaluation; training and technical assistance;

community engagement; social marketing; policy advocacy; and racial equity and social justice initiatives. The ACE (Assess.

Connect. Engage.) Team within the is responsible for providing partner services to New Yorkers newly diagnosed with HIV each year, including the identification, tracing, notification and HIV-testing of their sex and needle-sharing partners.

ACE staff ensures that all HIV-diagnosed persons are linked to HIV clinical care.

DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO :

1.Assist or guide ACE staff with complex case investigations and contact tracing.

2.Counsel HIV-diagnosed persons on HIV / AIDS test results, transmission risk, and partner notification.

3.Assist HIV-diagnosed persons with disclosure of their HIV status to their partner(s) and provide education on HIV PrEP / PEP.

4.Assist HIV-diagnosed persons with linkage to HIV clinical care.

5.Link HIV-negative partners to PrEP providers for evaluation, counseling, and treatment.

6.Identify barriers to care and connect clients to supportive services, mental / behavioral health, and substance misuse resources.

7.Educate clients on ongoing access to HIV prevention and ancillary services.

8.Promote the knowledge of New York State HIV-related laws and regulations among New York City providers.

9.Identify citywide and community resources, establish, and maintain linkages with community organizations and partners.

10.Collect data on HIV cases to fulfill surveillance and case investigation data requirements, including medical record review, patient, and provider interviews.

11.Participate in ACE case management cohort review meetings and provide input to assist with case and contact investigation.

IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES :

Please note : If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation, such as :

• A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility, such as : A Valid U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card / Green Card, or Driver’s license.
• Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
• Current Resume
• Proof of Address / NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days, such as : Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone, Cable, Mobile Phone)

Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this posting’s Minimum Qualification Requirements section.

Examples of additional documentation may be, but not limited to : college transcript, experience verification or professional trade licenses.

If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an on-boarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.

LOAN FORGIVENESS

The federal government provides student loan forgiveness through its Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) to all qualifying public service employees.

Working with the DOHMH qualifies you as a public service employee and you may be able to take advantage of this program while working full-time and meeting the program’s other requirements.

Please visit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program site to view the eligibility requirements : APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL

Minimum Qualifications

Qualification Requirements

A Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work.

License Requirements

You will be required to have a valid Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license issued by the New York State Department of Education within one year of the date of appointment.

This license must be presented to the appointing officer at the time of appointment or, if it is obtained after appointment, at the time it is received.

This license must be maintained for the duration of your employment.

If you fail to obtain your LMSW or LCSW license within one year of the date of appointment, your probationary period will be automatically extended for six months.

If you fail to obtain the required license by the end of 18 months of service, you will be terminated.

Special Note

Section -a of the New York Social service Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-care responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.

The agency has the discretion to assign a candidate who has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report to a position with no child-care responsibilities.

Preferred Skills

Patient interview, contact tracing / partner notification, medical record review, and community outreach experience.Excellent written and oral communication.

Fluent English and either Spanish or French / Creole preferred NYS Driver's License highly desirableMust be able to work alternative hours (evening and weekends).

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County.

To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.