Social Service Designee

Florence Nursing and Rehab; Marengo (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Florence Nursing and Rehab in Illinois seeks a Social Services Designee to plan, organize, and direct the Social Services Department in line with federal, state, and local standards. The role focuses on meeting residents' medically related emotional and social needs on an individual basis.

The Designee will guide psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, and caregiver education, coordinating with the interdisciplinary team to ensure appropriate services and smooth transitions for residents.

Qualifications

• Complete a social history and psychosocial assessment for each resident that identifies social, emotional, and psychological needs.
• Document progress in meeting the psychosocial needs of residents.
• Participate in the development of an interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident that identifies psychosocial needs and goals.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the resident discharge planning process and arrange referrals for home care services.
• Provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents with transition and adjustment to the facility.
• Educate residents and families about their rights and available services, and refer to social service agencies when needed.
• Work with residents, families, staff to promote self-advocacy to improve quality of life and care.
• Provide groups for residents and families as appropriate.

Skills

Social work

Assessment

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Job description

Social Services Designee Job Overview:

The primary purpose of the Social Services Designee is to assist in planning, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the overall operation of our facility’s Social Services Department in accordance with federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, our established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the Administrator, to assure that the medically related emotional and social needs of the resident are met/maintained on an individual basis.

Social Services Designee Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete a social history and psychosocial assessment for each resident that identifies social, emotional, and psychological needs.

• Document progress in meeting the psychosocial needs of residents.

• Participate in the development of a written, interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident that identifies the psychosocial needs/issues of the resident, the goals to be accomplished for those needs/issues, and the appropriate social worker interventions.

• Coordinate the resident discharge planning process and make referrals for appropriate home care services prior to the resident’s return to the community.

• Ensure or provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents in coping with their transition and adjustment to a long‑term care facility, including their social, emotional, and psychological needs.

• Ensure or provide support and education to residents’/family members/significant others to assist in their understanding or placement and facility issues in addition to referring them to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the needed services.

• Work with residents, families, significant others and staff to provide support, information and organization for taking a more proactive role in self advocacy to improve quality of life/care for individual residents and those who live and work within the nursing home and the community at large.

• Provide groups for residents’/family members/significant others as appropriate to their needs.

• Educate residents and families/significant others regarding their rights and responsibilities, effective problem solving and the extent of community, health and social services that are available to them, including those necessary for effective discharge planning.