What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Social Services position at Long Term Healthcare Facility?
Seeking a full time Social Worker for our LTC facility in Warren County to Plans, organizes, supervises and directs all administrative and operational activities of the Social Services Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, and the facility’s established policies and procedures.
Required Qualifications
v Graduate of an accredited college or university with at least a Bachelor’s degree in social work.
v Licensed by the State of New Jersey as an LSW or a CSW.
v One year of supervised social work experience in a Long Term Care setting working directly with individuals.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
The Social Services Director is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, supervision and ongoing evaluation of the Social Services Department designed to meet and assist residents in attaining or maintaining their highest practicable well-being. This includes identifying the need for medically related social services and ensuring that these services are provided in accordance with State and Federal regulations.
The Social Services Director is responsible for preadmission services for inbound residents, to include participation in interdisciplinary evaluation of residents needs for institutional care and completion of the PASARR Level I.
The Social Services Director will facilitate residents’ safe transition back into the community through interdisciplinary discharge planning and arrangement of community-based services and follow-up care. The Director will also assist residents and their representatives in locating and accessing financial, legal, and other community resources.
The Social Services Director will coordinate implementation and oversight of procedures to ensure social services actions and interactions are adequately documented in each resident’s medical record, and that legal, ethical, and professional standards of social work practice and being upheld in written recordings.
The Social Services Director is responsible for overseeing the establishment of departmental QA procedures and modification of those procedures where appropriate.
The Social Services Director will oversee the process of Advance Care Planning for each resident upon admission, and make sure that any Advance Directives are reviewed with the resident/ resident representative on a regular basis. The Director will ensure that staff members are made aware of the resident’s code status and end-of-life wishes and will assist with informing and educating residents and their representatives about health care options and ramifications.
The Social Services Director will assist residents in voicing and obtaining resolution to grievances. The Director will review complaints and grievances made by the resident and make a written report indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the complaint or grievance. The Director will also gather grievance reports from other Social Services staff and ensure follow through and resolution has been completed as per facility policy. The Director will track grievance trends and report findings as part of the facility’s QAPI program as requried.
