Director of Social Services

About the role

Regent Park Rehabilitation & Healthcare is one of Wichita's finest Skilled Nursing and Long-term Care Facilities. Regent Park provides the latest innovations in environment, amenities and services for after-hospital rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing care. We strive to provide a supportive and restorative environment, loving compassion, elegant refinement and personal courtesies for residents. Regent Park Rehabilitation & Healthcare is rated 5 stars by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and has a much above average quality rating. Locally, family-owned and operated company. Much higher than average staff to resident ratios. 5-Star Community. Whether you live here, work here, or visit here, we all have fun here! This is a salary role.

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate and direct the social service programs of the community in accordance with current state and federal regulations as well as professional standards
• Coordinate all resident discharges (including DME, following therapy services)
• Initiate and drive discharge planning starting on admission
• Develop and implement social care plans and resident assessments ensuring that social services components of the MDS are completed and signed on a timely basis
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment
• Interview resident/families as necessary
• Assist in arranging transportation to other facilities
• Refer resident/families to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the services or needs of the resident
• Provide information to residents/families as to Medicare/Medicaid, and other financial assistance programs available to the residents
• Monitor the facility's, and survey reports relative to social services and make recommendations to correct identified problem areas
• Attend all resident care plans
• Ensure the completion of PASRR screening, initiates the CARE assessment process with KDADS and the Area Agency on Aging
• Schedule and perform admission assessments and annual assessments, ensure that care plans and CAA documentation are completed regarding residents’ social history, cognition, trauma informed care, self-determinants of health and signs of depression, and other social service needs
• Assist with determining which services are eligible/covered under residents’ HMO insurance or Medicare; assists with Part B authorizations, LTC insurance updates, and applications for Medicaid
• Assist as needed in completing documentation for financial resources such as LTC insurance, Medicaid, Veteran’s benefits, etc.
• Assess the social and emotional factors within 5 days of admission in order to estimate the patient’s and family’s capacity and potential to cope with the problems of daily living and with the terminal illness
• Help the patient and family to understand, accept and follow medical