Social Worker

Presbyterian Senior Living; Oxford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused health organization in Oxford is seeking a full-time Social Worker/Memory Support Coordinator. The role involves assessing psychosocial needs, providing counseling, advocating for residents' rights, and designing education programs related to memory care. Candidates should hold a CSWE accredited bachelor’s degree, possess compassion, creativity, and be skilled in effective communication. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in the lives of residents and their families.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Excellent benefit options

Qualifications

• Graduate of a CSWE accredited bachelor’s degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• One-year experience of supervised work in a health care setting required.
• One-year experience developing and facilitating activity programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assuring residents' rights are met.
• Assesses and plans to meet residents' psychosocial needs.
• Provides supportive counseling during the admission process.
• Initiates and maintains relationships with residents and families.

Skills

Compassionate and driven

Creative and flexible

Effective communication

Knowledge of dementia

Education

CSWE accredited bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Presbyterian Senior Living is a mission-driven organization that lives our values of integrity, mutual respect, creative curiosity and connectedness in all that we do. Our legacy of serving more than 6,000 older adults with respect and dignity for over 95 years supports our mission to promote wholeness of body, mind and spirit for all that live within our communities.

If you are compassionate, driven and enjoy working with an organization that is committed to valuing the diversity of all team members, one that offers a variety of schedules, career development, excellent benefit options, and more; PSL is for you! Whether you are a nurse, caregiver, culinary professional, maintenance worker or looking for a new career, we offer a wide range of career opportunities to fit your skills and interest.

Full Time Day Shift Social Worker/Memory Support Coordinator

Education and Experience Requirements

• Graduate of a CSWE accredited bachelor’s degree required
• Master's degree preferred
• One-year experience of supervised work in a health care setting required
• One-year experience developing and facilitating activity programs for a specialized memory care program preferred
• Ability to assess and effectively communicate with residents
• Willingness to be creative, curious and flexible to meet resident’s individual needs and enhance their personal strengths required.

Responsibilities and Expectations (Social Work)

• Responsible for assuring residents rights are met and residents, family members and team members on resident’s rights as necessary.
• Meets with resident/family upon admission to assess and plan to meet psychosocial needs.
• Provides supportive counseling as needed to adequately assist resident and family through the admission process.
• Participates in development and revision of resident handbook, resident newsletter and other community documents.
• Coaches and enables other team members to respond to resident’s emotional and/or psychological needs.
• Initiates and maintains relationships with resident and family that positively effects their morale.
• Orients residents and families to environment and assists in adjustment through involvement in both individual and group programs.
• Completes social history and assessment on each resident upon admission, if qualified.
• Completes appropriate documentation upon admission, transfer, discharge, and completes ongoing progress notes at intervals required by regulations.
• May support the resident admission process, in conjunction with the Marketing/ Admissions team members.
• Coordinates discharge planning process and arranges for resident services after discharge, including: DME; nursing care; home rehabilitation, etc.
• Maintains a current community resource file for education and communication of community resources, external referral sources to residents and families.
• Upon request of the Executive Director, provides social services for campus residents outside the Health Center.
• Actively participates, and encourages resident/family participation, in the Interdisciplinary Care Planning Conferences.
• Designs and conducts formal/informal education and/or counseling sessions (if licensed) for residents and family members and team members, including intervention skills, re-motivation/ behavioral programming, orientation/coping skills and other appropriate modalities.
• Actively participates in the community Quality Assurance Program, developing and implementing performance improvement plans as warranted.
• Participates in other sub-committees as needed.

Responsibilities and Expectations (Memory Support)

• Knowledgeable regarding forms of dementia and the effect of memory loss.
• Demonstrates person-centered care perspective.
• Responsible for assuring residents rights are met.
• Provides education to team members and families about memory loss.
• Coaches and enables other staff to respond to resident’s memory care related emotional and/or psychological needs.
• Conducts periodic memory care support groups for families, staff and outside stakeholders.
• Completes and maintains a memory care resident history and assessment for each resident.
• Maintains a current community resource file for memory care education and community resources residents, families and interested individuals.
• Designs and conducts formal/informal education and/or counseling sessions for residents, family members and staff; this may include: intervention skills, re-motivation/behavioral programming, orientation skills, coping skills and other appropriate modalities.
• Actively participates and encourages resident/family participation in the Interdisciplinary Care Planning Conferences.
• Provides input into the development of resident Interdisciplinary Care Plans.