Social Services Director

Everest Care Group; Byron Township (IL); On-site; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Voluntary dental, vision, disability

Paid time off

Job summary

Neighbors Health Center in Byron, IL is seeking an immediate opening for a Social Services Director. The annual salary is $55,000 (negotiable) with a Monday-Friday schedule.

Key duties include developing psychosocial assessments, attending care conferences, explaining facility rules to families, coordinating discharge plans, and connecting residents with community resources. Requires a high school diploma and at least two years in a social services role, preferably in healthcare.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Two years’ experience in a social services role, preferably in a health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Develops a comprehensive social history and psychosocial assessment for the resident's problems, strengths, and preferences for the care plan.
• Attends scheduled care conferences and identifies psychosocial needs to include in the care plan.
• Discusses facility rules with residents' families and answers questions about these rules.
• Completes mandatory documentation within timelines established by regulations.
• Provides consultation to residents and helps implement solutions to problems encountered.
• Provides linkage with community resources by maintaining knowledge of other systems and making referrals.
• Develops a comprehensive discharge plan in collaboration with families, staff, and referral agencies.
• Attends departmental meetings and in-services as directed.
• Supports the organization's QAPI efforts.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Neighbors Health Center in Byron, IL is seeking an immediate opening for a Social Services Director! The annual salary is $55,000 (negotiable) with a Monday-Friday schedule.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops a comprehensive social history and psychosocial assessment that includes the resident's problems and strengths and preferences, including cultural, religious, and ethnic background and implications for the care plan.

• Attends scheduled care conferences and identifies and interprets psychosocial needs of resident for inclusion in the care plan, addressing in particular issues of schedule, treatment and environment that express and reinforce individuality and identity.

• Discusses the facility rules and regulations with Residents' families and responds to questions with regard to these rules.

• Completes mandatory documentation within timelines established by applicable
  regulations.

• Provides consultation to resident on a regular or as needed basis to discuss problems encountered by resident and assists with the implementation of solutions.

• Provides linkage with appropriate community resources by maintaining knowledge of other systems, making referrals and identifying unmet needs (e.g., recreational transportation, adaptive phone equipment, etc.

• Develops a comprehensive discharge plan in collaboration with Residents, Residents' families, multidisciplinary staff, and referral agencies.

• Attend and participate in departmental meetings and in-services as directed.

• Recognize your role as part of the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) efforts of your organization.

Required Experience/Education

• High School diploma or equivalent.

• Two years’ experience in a social services role, preferably in a health care setting.

In Addition to a Competitive Salary, We Also Offer You:

• Choice of several health insurance plans

• 401(k) with company match

• Voluntary Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance

• Paid time off

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