SOCIAL SERVICE DESIGNEE

Priority Management; Ruston (LA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Priority Management seeks a Social Service Designee to support the Social Services Director at Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation in Ruston, LA. The role focuses on planning, developing, organizing, and directing our facility's social service programs under federal, state, and local standards.

Responsibilities include assisting with evaluating needs, demonstrating leadership, and collaborating with residents, families, and staff to ensure compassionate, person-centered care, with emphasis

Qualifications

• Must possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Ability to make independent decisions when warranted.
• Ability to provide age-appropriate social services to residents.

Responsibilities

• Assist Social Services Director in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating and directing social service programs.
• Ensure resident emotional and social needs are met in accordance with standards and facility policies.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Details

Job location: Alpine Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation - RUSTON, LA 71270

Job shift: Day* PASRT-TIME POSITION

Purpose of Your Job Position

To assist our Social Services Director in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing our facility's social service programs in accordance with current existing federal, state, and local standards, as well as our established policies and procedures, to assure that the medically related emotional and social needs of the resident are met/maintained on an individual basis.

As Social Service Designee, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.

Qualifications

Education: Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Specific Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age-related needs of the residents served.
• Must be a supportive team member, contribute to and be an example of teamwork and team concept.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.
• Must possess leadership ability and willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
• Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level in which they are currently functioning.
• Must possess the ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing social services.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of the individuals in the workplace.

Physical and Sensory Requirements (With or Without the Aid of Mechanical Devices)

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the facility.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.