What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Services Director position at Healthcare Nursing Center?
Skilled Nursing Facility seeking a Social Services Director
Brought about by our excellent internal career growth track, this is perfect for the social services professional seeking a solid workplace with a culture of teamwork, respect, and appreciation. Our Skilled Nursing Facility offers long/short-term care, secured memory care, rehabilitation, respite services, bariatric care, and Inpatient therapy.
OVERVIEW:
The social services director will work with residents in the facility to identify their psychosocial, mental, and emotional needs, along with providing, developing, and/or aiding in accessing services to meet those needs. In addition, the SSD is responsible for fostering a climate that enables residents to maximize their individuality, independence, and dignity. This shall provide residents with the highest practical level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being and quality of life.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- 1 year of social services experience in a Skilled Nursing or Long-Term Care setting preferred.
- Desire to be part of team that works, grows, and excels …. together.
- Manage and direct the Social Services Department, and identify and provide for each resident’s social, emotional, and psychological needs.
- Manage department to assure all psychological and psychosocial needs of residents are met
- Understand the MDS process with ability to interview, input, and complete social service assessments
- Accurately assess, document, and provide interventions to mee psychosocial needs of all residents; develop care plans based on assessments
- Provide effective facilitation of resident care conferences: schedule, send letters to families/ responsible parties, and participate in care conferences
- Facilitate all resident discharges (arrange for home health, DME, assist with transfer to other facilities)
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Recently increased and competitive wages!
- Benefits Package Including Health, Dental, and Vision
- Daily Pay: On-demand daily pay benefit where employees can receive real-time access to earned wages.
- Strong Management Team
- Accelerated Growth
- Paid Time Off
- Overtime Pay
Are you ready to make a change? We would love to meet you! Please apply to learn more.
This organization does not discriminate in hiring or employment based on ancestry, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, military status, veteran status, or disability. No question on the application is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination. This application will be given every consideration; however, its receipt does not imply employment for the applicant.
