What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Social Work position at CareCore Health LLC?
Social Worker
Healthcare Nursing Center is seeking a full-time social worker who will work with residents in the nursing home by identifying their psycho-social, mental, and emotional needs along with providing, developing, and/or aiding in the access of services to meet those needs.
Social worker is responsible for fostering a climate, policies, and routines that enable residents to maximize their individuality, independence and dignity. This climate shall provide residents with the highest practical level of physical, mental and psychosocial well-being and quality of life.
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
Healthcare Nursing Center is seeking a full-time social worker who will work with residents in the nursing home by identifying their psycho-social, mental, and emotional needs along with providing, developing, and/or aiding in the access of services to meet those needs.
Social worker is responsible for fostering a climate, policies, and routines that enable residents to maximize their individuality, independence and dignity. This climate shall provide residents with the highest practical level of physical, mental and psychosocial well-being and quality of life.
Job duties include, but are not limited to:
- Review facility policies and procedures as part of the facility’s interdisciplinary team to assure compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Participate in reviewing and setting policies concerning resident care and quality of life.
- Participate in developing facility social work policies.
- Develop, maintain and utilize a listing of current community resources that are useful to residents and their families/significant others.
- Participate in quality assurance interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Understand and meet all government requirements for social service documentation.
- Document progress in meeting the psycho social needs of residents.
- Work with the interdisciplinary team and administration to promote and protect resident rights and the psychological well-being of each resident.
- Prevent and address resident abuse as mandated by law and professional licensure.
- Work with residents, families, significant others and staff to provide support, information and organization for taking a more proactive role in self advocacy to improve the quality of life/care for individual residents and those who live and work within the nursing home and the community at large.
- Completing Admission Assessments
- Discharge planning
Job Type: Full-time
Experience:
- Social Services: 2 year (Preferred)
- Long Term Care: 1 years (Preferred)
