Social Worker Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Social Worker Assistant

Full job description

Pay: $ 22/hr - $24/hr

Job Type: Full-time

We offer the Following:

• Premium Compensation

• Great Benefits Package

• Professional Growth & Stability

• Weekly pay & direct deposit

Benefits:

• 401k

• Dental Ins

• Health Ins

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

Flexible Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

• Day shift

Looking to hire a Full-time Social Worker Assistant for our skilled nursing facility. Join us in making a difference in the lives of those we serve by providing exceptional care and support.

Educational Requirements (preferred):

An individual with a minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work or a bachelor's degree in a human services field including, but not limited to, sociology, gerontology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, and psychology; and one year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals.

Experience Required: Minimum of 2 years' experience in the social work field as a social worker; Minimum of 1-year supervised experience in a health care facility in the Social Services department

Essential Functions: 

• Maintain confidentiality and privacy of all patients

• Ensure that the medical, social, and emotional needs of each resident are provided for

• Provide crisis intervention, counseling, or other services to residents and families

• Assist new residents and families in the initial adjustment phase

• Work with residents and families on planning discharges

• Coordinate social services to ensure the daily social services can be adequately provided

• To provide a full range of medical, social and case management services to meet the bio-psycho-social, financial, emotional and cultural needs of patients, outpatients and their families

• Identifying individual social and emotional needs

• Participating in interdisciplinary care plan meetings to ensure treatment of the social and emotional needs of the resident

• Utilizes high risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention

• Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site and promote patient choice

• Performs related duties as required

• Coordinating admissions and discharges to ensure facility census is kept at its maximum capacity

• Maintain written documentation in the medical record per facility policy and state and federal guidelines

• Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to all applicable staff, and monitors staff practices and implementation

• Participate in daily or weekly management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, personnel, or resident complaints or concerns

• Demonstrates knowledge of and application of Key Clinical Quality Indicators.

• Ensures that assigned resident assessments and care plans are incompliance

• Actively participates as a member of the QAA Committee

Work Location: In person

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. All pay rates and bonuses are paid and/ or awarded to employees based on the facilities policy and/ or the CBA, depending on the position.