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Overview
Program Highlights
Program Requirements
Program Schedule
About the Director
Continuing Education Contact Hours
Application
Fees & Refund Policy

Healthcare Social Work

Overview

Collage of multicolored overlapping paper cutouts of figures with the NYU Silver School of Social Work Logo and the text Apply now, Post-Master’s Certificate in Social Work in Healthcare, Fall 2023, NYSED and ASWB approved for 36 CE contact hours

Online Certificate Program

Healthcare Social Work is a complex and dynamic process. Serving on a multidisciplinary team, healthcare social workers engage in care management, discharge planning, bio-psycho-social/spiritual assessments of care needs, and holistic care aimed at supporting individuals and families to maximize health and wellness. The Post-Master’s Certificate in Healthcare Social Work is a two semester course of study. It will address disparities in healthcare and the social determinants of health. The program is unique in providing an integrated and broad spectrum of contemporary theories and models of practice.

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Program Highlights

  • Healthcare policy and its implication for medical treatment
  • Identification of the various roles and basic skills required for social work practitioners in a medical setting
  • The psycho-social dimensions of various states of health and illness and how they are expressed in different populations and health settings
  • Relevant healthcare policy issues and trends that impact patient care
  • Racial and ethnic healthcare disparities
  • Basic theories, concepts, and intervention strategies applied in a healthcare setting
  • Ethical issues relevant to health settings
  • The need for diversity in intervening and working with healthcare (e.g., diversity in race, culture, ethnicity, immigration, gender, sexual preference, and disabilities)
  • The social determinants of health and their effect on access to quality healthcare
  • The importance of social work research in a healthcare setting
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Program Requirements

This certificate requires the completion of 18 two-hour online sessions over the course of two semesters. Assignments include weekly readings and a final learning assessment in the form of a written assignment.

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Program Schedule

The program runs online on Mondays from 6:30-8:30pm ET over the course of the 2023-24 academic year.

Fall 2023

  • September 25
  • October 2, 16, 30
  • November 6, 13, 20
  • December 4, 11

Spring 2024

  • January 29
  • February 5, 26
  • March 4, 18
  • April 1, 15
  • May 6, 20
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About the Director

Dr. Mary Rzeszut headshotDr. Mary Rzeszut, DSW, LCSW

Dr. Mary Rzeszut is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who holds her Master’s Degree from Fordham University and DSW degree from Walden University. Dr. Rzeszut began her career at NYU Hospital Long Island as a medical social worker and has worked in the areas of renal, oncology, neurology, IBD and presently with the transplant population in inpatient, clinic and physician practice settings. She is presently a psychotherapist in the department of psychiatry specializing in chronic illness, anxiety, depression, grief, and PTSD.

Dr. Rzeszut is a clinical instructor of psychiatry at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine and is a member of the Dean’s executive committee on professional health and wellbeing. In addition, she is the mental health provider for the NYU LISOM medical students where she assists them in developing mindfulness strategies to prevent burnout and build resilience during medical school and professional career. Her research interests include adjustment to chronic disease and professional wellbeing.

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Continuing Education Contact Hours

36 NYSED and ASWB/ACE Continuing Education Contact Hours will be awarded for this program.

New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers {#SW-0012}.

NYU Silver School of Social Work, 1415 is approved as a provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) www.aswb.org through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. NYU Silver School of Social Work maintains responsibility for the program. ASWB Approval Period: 11/11/19 - 11/11/22. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval for continuing education credits.

New York University Silver School of Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors {#MHC-0083}.

For Mental Health Practitioners: Please check with your state, if you are not licensed in New York, to determine if these credits will be accepted for licensing renewal.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

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Application

The application for Fall 2023 is now closed. Please check back for the 2024 application and schedule information.

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Fees & Refund Policy

The cost of this certificate program is $2,130, which includes registration and application fees and the cost of an online compendium of readings.

Available discounts include:

  • 25% discount for NYU Silver School of Social Work MSW/DSW/PhD alumni
  • 25% discount for practicum instructors currently working with NYU Silver School of Social Work graduate students.
  • 15% discount for applicants who have already completed one NYU Silver certificate program.
  • 50% discount for veterans.

Please note: discounts may not be combined.

Deposit: Upon acceptance into the program, a $250 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place. This deposit is applied to the total cost of tuition. The $250.00 program deposit is non-refundable. Students that withdraw before the first class will be refunded 100% of their fees (minus the deposit). Students that withdraw after up to and including two (2) sessions will be refunded 70% of their fees (minus the deposit). Students who withdraw after up to and including four (4) sessions will be refunded 55% of their fees (minus the deposit). Students who withdraw after four (4) sessions will receive no refund.

Please note: although the tuition payments are broken down into deposit, fall, and spring installments (a practice meant to create smaller, easier payments for students), the term 'sessions' refers to the entire program. Students who withdraw after four sessions, even if they have not begun the spring semester, are still required to pay their spring semester bills.

 

Withdrawal Session

Refund Rate

Before the first session

100% (minus deposit)

Up to/including two sessions

70% (minus deposit)

Up to/including four sessions

55% (minus deposit)

After four sessions

0%

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