NYC Health + Hospitals today announced the Social Work Clinical Licensure Training Program.
Which provides Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs) at NYC Health + Hospitals with training and financial support to attain their clinical licensure in exchange for a two-year commitment to the health care system. Funded by the van Ameringen Foundation, this strategic initiative will help strengthen and expand the behavioral health workforce at NYC Health + Hospitals. Participants will receive free test preparation, which includes study materials and 24 hours of training, as well as reimbursement for the exam registration and licensure fees to prepare them for the Association of Social Work Boards exam and become a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Attaining this licensure will allow them to earn higher salaries and move into supervisory social work positions in the system. The program was developed in response to exit data showing 20% of social workers who left their role at NYC Health + Hospitals did so due to a lack of career advancement opportunities. The Social Work Clinical Licensure Training Program is available to LMSWs who have worked at NYC Health + Hospitals for at least two years.
Today’s announcement builds on NYC Health + Hospitals’ successful social work marketing campaign in June 2024, which resulted in nearly 300 new social workers being hired in the last 12 months and reduced the social work vacancy rate at the health care system from 15% in July 2024 to currently about 8%. NYC Health + Hospitals ran the marketing campaign again in April to recruit additional new hires…