A Family, School, or General Social Worker provides specialized assistance to vulnerable families and children. Intervenes in crisis situations; evaluates individual and family needs, helps clients get access to health care, mental health care or social services such as housing assistance. Advocates for clients and provides follow up visits. May work with teachers, parents and school administrators to help students improve academically and deal with social issues such as bullying.
Direct and supervise social service programs; evaluate the social needs of each resident admitted and formulate a written plan of care; review and revise plan as necessary; complete admission paperwork, complete PASARR's and refer residents and families to appropriate community resources as necessary. The person holding this position is delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with current existing federal and state regulations and established Company policies and procedures.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
A bachelor's degree in social work or a bachelor's degree in a human services field, including, but not limited to, sociology, special education, rehabilitative counseling, and psychology
Experience:
One year of supervised social-work experience working directly with residents in a nursing home setting.
FUNCTIONS
Make arrangements for obtaining needed adaptive equipment, clothing, and personal items. With resident's permission, maintain contact with family to report on changes in health, current goals, resident's rights, discharge planning, and to encourage participation in care planning Make referrals and obtain services from outside entities, such as talking books, absentee ballots, and community wheelchair transportation. Assist residents with financial and legal matters, such as applying for pensions, referrals to lawyers, and referrals to funeral homes for preplanning arrangements. Assist with discharge-planning services, such as helping to place a resident on a waiting list for community congregate living, arranging intake for home-care services for residents returning home, assisting with transfer arrangements to other facilities. Complete discharge plan in accordance with discharge-plan policy. Develop relationship with resident and family and provide or arrange for provision of needed counseling services. As a member of the interdisciplinary team, identify and seek ways to support resident's individual needs, preferences, customary routines, concerns and choices through the assessment and care-planning process Assist residents in the decision-making process concerning their own health care, and whether or not they would like anyone else to be involved in those decisions. Assist staff to inform residents, and those they designate, about the residents' health status and health-care choices and their ramifications Counsel in dealing with feelings about grief, depression, disability, death, dying, or other emotional, mental, environmental, or physical limitations Work with families and community resources, as needed, to solve financial needs and promote emotional security regarding financial stability Complete the social service portion of the Minimum Data Set Compile and record social histories to assist in understanding residents' backgrounds, family problems, resources, histories of illnesses, interests, etc. Record pertinent social data about medically-related personal and family problems in residents' medical records Make contact with family and complete admission paperwork with new admissions Compete Pre-Admission Screenings
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Walking, sitting, standing, copying, charting, transporting patients, lifting, etc.
Job Type:
Full-time Benefits:
Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off
Education:
Bachelor's (Required)
License/Certification:
Social Work License (Preferred) Shift availability: Day Shift (Preferred)
