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Social Work Services

Location: Golisano Children's Hospital
One Children's Circle, Syracuse, NY 13210

Contact: Jennifer Marsh, LMSW
Phone: 315 464-5917
Email: marshje@upstate.edu

Contact: Christine VanDelinder, LMSW
Phone: 315 464-7228
Email: vandelic@upstate.edu

The mission of the Social Work profession is a set of core values:

  • Service, upholding the dignity and worth of the person
  • Appreciating the importance of human relationships
  • Maintaining integrity and competence
  • Curbing social injustice

Hospital Social Workers collaborate with patient care teams and integrate the mission and core values of social work utilizing principles and standards to guide ethical decision-making. Social Workers' primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems.

SUNY Upstate Medical University Social Workers are required to have a Master of Social Work degree and a New York State License (LMSW). In addition to the LMSW some Social Work Staff members have achieved a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Worker -R (LCSW-R) status.

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