Handles pressure, objectivity, confidentiality, organization, planning, reporting skills, persistence, pro-activeness, listening, verbal communication, and the relationships between resident and their families.
Essential Duties
- Establishes a course of action by exploring options; setting goals with resident and their families.
- Assist residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence, and well-being.
- Provide medically-related social services so that the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident is attained or maintained.
- Evaluate social and family information and psychological and emotional needs to assist in assessing social services needs as well as develop care plans for social services issues.
- Provide emotional support and address emotional problems, including assisting residents and family with difficulties in coping with physical disabilities, fears related to health conditions, and grief related to loss of ability and/or death.
- Assist residents with health care decisions.
- Assist with personal shopping.
- Assist in inventory and tracking patient belongings.
- Coordinate response to reports of missing, lost, or stolen belongings.
- Assist in obtaining resources from community and social services agencies as well as health and welfare agencies to meet the needs of the resident.
- Assist in securing appropriate prosthetics and assistive devices.
- Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments in the facility, and outside community agencies, so that social services can be provided to meet the needs of the residents.
- Document regarding resident social service status.
- Assist in making outpatient appointments as ordered and schedule on-site ancillary patient services to include optometry, podiatry, dentistry, and psychiatric services.
- Assist in discharge planning with appropriate agencies, entities, or individuals to include agency services, equipment, and agency referrals. Coordinates with the interdisciplinary team.
- Provide in-service training to the staff as requested.
- Counselling residents and family members.
- Supervisory Requirements - Although this position will retain an assistant, this job has no supervisory responsibilities beyond that of the assistant. Qualification: Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or Human Services and five (5) years of supervised social work experience WITHIN A HEALTHCARE SETTING, DEALING DIRECTLY WITH PATIENTS. MSW HIGHLY PREFERRED. Language Skills: Ability to read technical procedures. Ability to read and comprehend policy and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees. Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Knowledge and experience with PCC HIGHLY PREFERRED. Physical Demands: The essential functions of this position require the following physical abilities: Standing and /or walking very frequently. Sitting occasionally. Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently. Talking and /or hearing very frequently. Tasting and /or smelling very frequently. Lifting to 25 pounds frequently. Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, or crouching occasionally. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. Additional Information: Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- Skilled nursing facility: 3 years (Required)
- Healthcare management: 5 years (Required)
Language:
- Spanish (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- MSW or LBSW (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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