Social Service Director (SSD)

Job Description

Job Description

Social Service Director (SSD)

Golden Rose Care Center

Location: Pasadena

Salary: $32 - $35 an hour

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Summary:

Golden Rose Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Pasadena, is seeking a compassionate and seasoned Social Service Director (SSD) to join our team. As a Social Service Director, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care to our residents by implementing social service interventions that achieve treatment goals, address resident needs, and link social supports, physical care, and physical environment to enhance quality of life.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains good interpersonal relationships with residents, staff, family members, and outside agencies

• Assists with inquiries for Social Services, collects prior stay and general information, and evaluates each resident's background, interest, ability, physical limitation, and needs

• Initiates discharge planning on admission and completes discharge planning when indicated/ordered, including discharge plan of care

• Assists HMOs, acute hospitals, case managers, and other outside agencies as needed and where appropriate

• Completes initial social and emotional assessment of residents, as well as on a quarterly basis and documents any significant changes

• Attends resident care plan conferences and actively participates in creating a meaningful plan of care

• Assists in development, review, and implementation of residents' discharge plan along with the Interdisciplinary (ID) Team

• Maintains membership in the Resident Care Policy Committee and the Utilization Review Committee

• Facilitates any identified problems, e.g., dental, visual, communication, etc.

• Coordinates regular family council meetings at least twice a year

• Assists residents and families with death and dying issues, including decisions for Hospice

• Assists residents with financial needs, including Medi-Cal applications, banking, etc.

• Assists residents or responsible parties in processing forms or applications in the effort to obtain outside services

• Maintains a file for theft and loss, with copies of concerns to the Administrator

• Participates in the Quality Assurance Program

• Ensures that residents receive psycho-social assessments at admission, upon condition change, and/or annually

• Directs and guides staff in conducting assessments and interventions

• Creates, reviews, and updates care plan and progress notes

• Provides direct psycho-social intervention

• Assists residents and families in coping with skilled nursing placement, behavioral issues, physical illness, and disabilities

• Works with the patient, family, and other team members to outline goals of stay at admission, the plan to meet those goals, and discharge as appropriate

• Conducts in-service programs to educate staff regarding psycho-social issues and patient rights

• Helps residents and their families cope with the immediate effects of the decision to move to the facility

• Implements social service interventions that achieve treatment goals, address resident needs, link social supports, physical care, and physical environment to enhance quality of life

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree Required

• Must have a Social Service Designee certificate

Anticipated Schedule:

• Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5:00PM

If you are a highly motivated and compassionate professional looking for a new challenge, please apply to join our team as a Social Service Director (SSD) at Golden Rose Care Center. Apply now and take the first step towards a rewarding career in healthcare!