Social Service Director

Essential Duties

• Establishes course of action by exploring options; setting goals with resident and their families.
• Aid residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence and well-being.
• Provide medically related social services to ensure the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing of each resident.
• Evaluate social and family information, psychological and emotional needs to assess social services needs and develop care plans for social services issues.
• Provide emotional support and address emotional problems including assisting residents and family with difficulties in coping with physical disabilities, fears related to health conditions as well as grief related to loss of ability and/or death.
• Aid residents with health care decisions.
• Aid residents with personal shopping.
• Aide in inventory and tracking patient belongings.
• Coordinate response to reports of missing, lost or stolen belongings.
• Aid in obtaining resources from community and social services agencies as well as health and welfare agencies to meet the needs of the resident.
• Aid in securing appropriate prosthetics and assistive devices.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments in the facility, and outside community agencies, so that social services can be provided to meet the needs of the residents.
• Document regarding resident social service status.
• Aid in making outpatient appointments as ordered and schedule on-site ancillary patient services to include optometry, podiatry, dentistry and psychiatric services.
• Aid in discharge planning with appropriate agencies, entities or individuals to include agency services, equipment and agency referrals.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team.
• Provide in-service training to the staff as requested.
• Counselling residents and family members.

Qualification

• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or in Human Services and 2 years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals. MSW preferred.

Supervisory Requirements

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Physical Demands

• Standing and /or walking very frequently.
• Sitting occasionally.
• Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently.
• Talking and /or hearing very frequently.
• Lifting up to 25 pounds frequently.
• Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, or crouching occasionally.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information

• Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
• The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.
• Salary: $60,000-$95,000
• We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.