Jessica Aceste
About Jessica Aceste
Jessica Aceste is a Medical Social Worker at NYU Langone Health with extensive experience in clinical social work and a background in psychology and education.
Title and Current Role
Jessica Aceste is a Medical Social Worker, M.S.S.W, Lcsw at Nyu Langone Health. She has held this position since 2012 and works in New York, New York, United States. In this role, she provides a wide range of services aimed at improving the social and emotional well-being of patients.
Previous Professional Experience
Before her current position, Jessica Aceste worked at The League Treatment Center Jftn as a Treatment Coordinator and Clinical Social Work Intern from 2011 to 2012. She also has experience as a Clinical Social Work Intern at Sco Family of Services, where she worked from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, she served as a Residential Counselor and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intern at Servicenet in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Education and Expertise
Jessica Aceste holds a Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University in the City of New York, which she earned from 2010 to 2012. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, obtained from 2006 to 2010. Her educational background has equipped her with the knowledge and skills necessary for her role in social work.
Presentations and Conferences
Jessica Aceste has actively participated in various professional presentations. She presented on Palliative Care at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2019, and on Compassion Fatigue at the same event in 2018. She also presented at the Combined Sections Meeting, National Rehab Conference on Compassion Fatigue and for the International Association of Social Work for Groups on ICU Interdisciplinary Support Groups. Notably, she presented at Schwartz Rounds in 2013 and 2017.
Facilitation and Committee Involvement
Jessica Aceste facilitates an Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Therapy Support Group and a Social Work Staff Support Group. She has also facilitated a Group Caregiver Support Group in 2016. Additionally, she has served on the Social Work Education Committee and the RUSK Value Based Management Committee in 2015.