What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director Social Services position at ExcelCare At Dover?
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates knowledge of age specific developmental factors specific to adult and geriatric residents (i.e. physical, cognitive, and socialization factors) in planning social services programs.
- Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary to plan social services programs for residents with the following needs: therapeutic, neurological and dementia, dialysis, IV therapy, and infectious diseases if applicable.
- Promptly follows-up on admission inquiries, evaluates and assesses the needs of prospective residents to determine appropriateness of facility placement
- Maintaining and/or improving resident’s ability to control everyday physical needs and mental/psychosocial needs
- Identifying individual social and emotional needs
- Developing and maintaining individualized care plans
- Participating in the planning of the resident’s admission, community re-entry or transfer to another facility
- Participating in interdisciplinary care plan meetings to ensure treatment of the social and emotional needs of the resident
- Work with the finance team to ensure resident is educated and the proper documents are in place for the resident during their stay
- Work with the resident on discharge and get necessary DME or home care in place so that the resident is safe when they return to the community
Qualifications:
- Experience as a Director of Social Work in a large LTC setting preferred
- BSW or MSW preferred, or Bachelors degree in related field
- At least one year experience in Social Work field required
Salary : $53,000 - $67,100
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