Social Service Designee

AA Healthcare Management; Marengo (IL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AA Healthcare Management is seeking a Social Services Designee to plan, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the facility's Social Services Department to meet residents' medical-related social and emotional needs.

You will work with residents, families, and staff to develop interdisciplinary care plans, coordinate discharge planning, and provide education and support to help residents adapt to long-term care and access appropriate services.

Qualifications

• Complete social history and psychosocial assessment for each resident.
• Document progress in meeting psychosocial needs of residents.
• Develop interdisciplinary plan of care identifying psychosocial needs and interventions.
• Coordinate discharge planning and referrals for home care services.
• Provide therapeutic interventions to assist in coping with transition to long-term care.

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.

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.