Social Services in Skilled Setting

SIGN ON BONUS FOR FULL OR PART TIME

We are Silver Creek and we are looking for the best and brightest to help us change long term care. At Greentree we believe that happy, appreciated staff leads to happy residents, and that is what we are all about.

Sign on bonus for either part or full day after probation period

We are looking for a  Social Services team member either full or part time . This is position comes with a full benefit package. 

We offer the following benefits so you can excel at work and in life.

•                   New competitive rates!
•                  We support and care about our employees.
•        Beautiful location and comfortable working environment 
•        Flexible scheduling
•        Continuous learning-tuition reimbursement
•        Excellent Benefits
•       Generous vacation package

   Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Interviews all residents, their families and significant others to obtain information about family backgrounds and relationships, personal and social life including home environment, previous occupation and hobbies/interests. Reviews residents’ psychosocial needs and adjustment to new environment and creates an initial discharge plan.

Serves as Discharge Planning Coordinator, determining social and emotional needs relating to discharge and utilizing community resources to meet such needs.

Participates as a team member in conferences on behalf of the resident along with other healthcare personnel and related community agencies.

Holds individual and group conferences on behalf of the residents and their families to understand, accept and follow medical recommendations.

Develops and maintains good working relationships with community health, welfare and social agencies and reaches out to the community to develop new resources to meet resident needs.

Prepares and maintains current case records for each resident including nature of social problems and notes from conferences held with resident, family or significant other.

Develops goals for each resident in conjunction with other team members and periodically reviews and records attainment of these goals.

Develops and maintains a Social Service Program that meets all stated and federal regulations on a continuous basis.

Performs a variety of services for meeting the psychosocial needs of residents and their families such as assisting with initial adjustment and subsequent changes, crisis management, providing financial counseling and assistance and coordinating in house room transfers.

Conducts in service training relative to psychosocial needs or social service programs as required in cooperation with the In- Service Director.

Participates in training of all staff and new employee orientation.

Informs residents and families of medical assistance options and conducts meetings with families to fill out applications as needed.

Performs all tasks and duties in an efficient and safe manner.

Performs other related duties as assigned or as necessary. Remains flexible and adaptable in work schedules and work assignments as defined by departmental and facility needs.

Represents GreenTree HCM in a manner that conveys professionalism, confidentiality, courtesy, fairness, personal integrity, and respect for the fundamental rights, dignity, personal comfort and privacy of others.

Qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree in social work from a Council on Social Education accredited program or related degree with a minimum of 2 years in casework preferred.

Must have thorough knowledge of principles and practice of social work, community health, welfare and social agencies, and the physical and psychological aspects of aging.

EEOC We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.