Social Worker

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in the Interdisciplinary Team's initial assessments, care planning and periodic re-assessments (minimally every 6 months) of participants’ cases.
• Maintains current written case management records, including periodic reassessments of program participants.
• May Provide individual and family counseling, develops and leads group counseling and activities.
• Affords assistance and advocacy for participants’ access to services.
• Refers participants and families to appropriate community agencies or facilities, acting as a liaison with such organizations and as an advocate for participants.
• Consults with and advises staff members as to the relationship of social, emotional, and cultural factors to health and medical care, and as to the availability of social services in the community.
• Affords assistance with coordination of 24-hour care delivery.
• Documents participant changes appropriately in the medical record and communicates participant changes to team members as needed.
• Updates participants’ care plans appropriately throughout the reassessment period.
• Participates, collaborates, and contributes as a member of the Interdisciplinary team (IDT).
• Emphasizes teamwork and collaboration in all clinic and Interdisciplinary interactions.
• Supports his/her Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) and promotes unity among the team while interacting with the team, other co-workers, and/or participants.
• Supports Senior TLC’s mission to encourage and support the quality of life of seniors wishing to continue living in the community; its vision to be the preferred provider of individualized care for seniors in the community; and its values of respect, integrity, accountability, compatible goals, and compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree from an accredited School of Social Work required.
• 2 years experience in a health related area preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year experience working with the frail elderly population.