PLEASE NOTE

THIS

IS FULL TIME 8-4

30 P.M.

POSITION. THE SCHEDULE DOES INCLUDE WORKING A FULL 8 HOURS EVERY OTHER WEEKEND.

We are looking for someone to assist in our Social Services and Activity Department. Under the direction and supervision of the Social Services Director, this person will assist in social service and activity programs. 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 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 director in activity set up with supplies and residents. 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. 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. Build relationships between residents and staff and teach staff to understand and support residents' individual needs. Promote actions by staff that maintain or enhance each resident's dignity in full recognition of each resident's individuality. 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. Provide alternatives to drug therapy and/or restraints by understanding and communicating to staff why residents act as they do, what they are attempting to communicate, and what needs the staff must Meet. Counsel in dealing with feelings about grief, depression, disability, death, dying, or other emotional, mental, environmental, or physical limitations. Find options which best meet the physical and emotional needs of the residents. Work with families and residents on social interaction, reality orientation, and intellectual stimulation. Work with families and community resources, as needed, to solve financial needs and promote emotional security regarding financial stability. Document interaction with residents and/or families in the assessment and care plans as required by the state standards. Identify community services and help the residents and families utilize them when needed. 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. Assist residents in utilizing individual and group activities to their best advantage. Observe, record, and notify staff of changes in attitude, behavior, or personality, especially depression, anxiety, withdrawal, and uncontrollable aggression. . Develop and use skills of interviewing, nondirective counseling, and communicating with community resources.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Walking, sitting, standing, copying, charting, transporting patients, lifting, etc.

WORK AREA AND ENVIRONMENT

Office, resident rooms, and occasionally in the community and at residents' homes.

Job Type:

Full-time Schedule:

8 hour shift Monday to Friday On call

Job Type:

Full-time Benefits:

Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance

Work Location:

In person