Social Worker - Part Time

About the role

Are you ready to truly make a meaningful and lasting difference in the lives of our residents every single day, while advancing your own career in a supportive and vibrant environment? Complete Care, a leading facility in the community, approaches every day with one vital goal: To improve the lives we touch through high-quality healthcare and extraordinary compassion. We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Part-Time Social Worker responsible for identifying, assessing, and addressing the psychosocial, mental, and emotional needs of our residents and ensuring their rights are upheld.

Benefits

If you're looking to build a stable career in a highly supportive environment, you're in the right place: You will have the opportunity to build a career with an established, highly successful organization in a caring and compassionate environment. We are committed to your growth and success. Come join employees who have become family!

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Help to accurately identify resident’s psychosocial, mental, and emotional needs through regular visitation and observation.
• Documentation: Complete Social History and Psychosocial assessment of residents promptly upon admission and routinely thereafter, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Care Planning: Integrate assessment findings into the interdisciplinary care planning process (MDS), contributing to a holistic plan that addresses the resident's unique needs and preferences.
• Advocacy: Work closely with the interdisciplinary team to promote and protect resident’s rights, dignity, and self-determination throughout their stay.
• Protection: Prevent and address resident abuse, neglect, and exploitation as mandated by law and professional licensure.
• Discharge Planning: Coordinate discharge planning services, ensuring smooth transitions for residents back to the community or to other levels of care, and linking them with necessary post-discharge resources.
• Support: Provide emotional support and counseling to residents and families coping with illness, disability, and long-term care placement.
• Other: Duties as assigned by the Administrator.

Qualifications

We are looking for a dedicated professional who is licensed and passionate about long-term care. Education: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work (BSW) or Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) required (minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Social Work). Licensure: Must possess an active, unencumbered (CSW Certified Social Worker, APSW - Advanced Practice Social Worker, ISW - Independent Social Worker, LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker), or equivalent state social work license in the state of Wisconsin. Experience: Minimum of one (1) year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals. Experience in a Long-Term Care (LTC) or Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) is highly preferred.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to work independently while functioning as a collaborative member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Proficiency in computer usage for documentation and Electronic Health Records (EHR/MDS).
• Exceptional ability to build and maintain rapport with residents, family members, and peers.