Social Worker

The Social Worker reports to the Assisted Living Administrator, and is responsible for ensuring that related emotional and social needs of the residents are met and maintained on an individual basis in accordance with policies and procedures and current federal, state and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.

MAJOR WORK ACTIVITIES:

1. Develop a comprehensive social history and psychosocial assessment that includes the resident’s problems and strengths and preferences, including cultural, religious, and ethnic background and implications for the care plan.

2. Orients residents and families to the facility, services offered, resident’s rights and assist residents and their families during the transfer phase.

3. Maintains and keeps up to date FL2’s, assessments, care plans, and other forms according to state regulations and company policy.

4. Develop and implement individualized resident care plan to include involving families in care planning, encouraging their attendance at care conferences and scheduling care conferences and identifies and interprets psychosocial needs of residents for inclusion in the care plan, addressing in particular issues of schedule, treatment, and environment that express and reinforce individuality and identity.

5. Mediates issues that arise among residents, families, and staff. 

6. Ameliorates emotional distress of residents and families.

7. Assists residents and families with financial questions and makes appropriate referrals.

8. Act as liaison between transferring institutions and the facility by maintaining good rapport.

9. Plans and directs discharges/transfers to ensure appropriateness and continuity of care for transfers within and discharges from the facility in collaboration with residents, families, multidisciplinary staff and referral agencies, which identify resident needs and preferences.

10. Involves the entire facility in meeting resident’s psychosocial needs by providing training and educational sessions that encompass social, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity of residents and families to increase staff sensitivity.

11. Advocates and promotes Residents Rights.

13. Assist in marketing the community both internally an externally.

14. Develop, implement and maintain knowledge in the following areas: department policies and procedures, Resident Hand book, Resident Rights and Social Work Code of Ethics published by NASW, and legislative changes that may affect the residents, this includes changes in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Services.

15. Participates in appropriate committees and meetings to include QA and in-services.

16. Support management/administration decisions through periods of change or stress.

17. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Administrator.

Education: Bachelor Degree in Social Work or related Human Services field.

Experience: At least 18 months of previous social work experience in geriatric setting.