Ebony Williams, LMSW
Ebony Williams, LMSW, a social worker at the Mount Sinai Morningside inpatient adult psychiatric unit, was commended recently for going above and beyond in caring for a discharged patient. The patient, who has had multiple psychiatric admissions over the past year, had no one to assist her in returning home from the hospital.
Given the patient’s fear of riding in a taxi alone and her history of returning to the Emergency Department, Ebony personally escorted the patient home in a taxi, chatting with her throughout the ride, and ensured that she returned safely to her family. Elisandro De La Cruz, LCSW, Director of Social Work, Acute Psychiatry Services, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside, says, “I am so proud of Ebony’s extraordinary compassion and excellent patient care, especially in this patient’s time of need.”
Ebony joined Mount Sinai in 2022. “Working here has been a long-time goal, as I was raised in the Harlem community,” she says. “I want to change the narrative surrounding social work. We are not just people who take away from communities—we contribute to them as well.”
Ebony is also committed to total patient care. “I believe in wrap-around care,” she says. “Even after discharge, patients continue to be our patients, and it is important that we set them up for success. Social work is lifelong and worldwide.”