Social Services Director

Diversicare; Haysville (KS); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Diversicare recherche un professionnel passionné en travail social pour établir un lien avec les résidents et leurs familles dans le cadre de soins aux patients. Ce rôle implique d'assister dans le processus d'admission, d'évaluer les besoins des résidents, et de collaborer avec les professionnels de la santé. Les candidats doivent avoir un diplôme en travail social et de l'expérience pratique dans un cadre de soins de santé, préférablement dans un environnement de soins infirmiers. En retour, Diversicare offre un ensemble complet d'avantages et l'opportunité de faire une différence dans la vie des autres.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision

Excellent 401k plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time

Long and Short Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Referral Bonuses

DiversICARE - employee hardship fund

Pay advancement program - OnShift Wallet

Qualifications

• Une année d'expérience de travail social supervisée dans un cadre de soins de santé.
• Préférable dans un établissement de soins infirmiers, soins palliatifs, ou hôpital.
• Capacité à prendre des décisions selon les évaluations des cas.

Responsibilities

• Assister dans le processus d'admission et documenter les progrès.
• Agir en tant qu'avocat des droits des résidents.
• Organiser des réunions pour les familles et maintenir les minutes.

Skills

Communication de groupe

Gestion des émotions

Planification communautaire

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Social Work

Job description

Overview

Smile, You’ve Found Us!

Are you passionate about caregiving? Would you like to work with the best team in the world? If so, Diversicare invites you to apply.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation, and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence, which we extend to all those we are privileged to serve.

If you wish to make a difference in the lives of our patients and residents, APPLY NOW!

Full Time Benefits include:

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Excellent 401k plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time
• Long and Short Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Referral Bonuses
• DiversICARE - employee hardship fund
• Pay advancement program - OnShift Wallet

Diversicare provides post-acute care services to patients and residents at 46 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in six states, primarily in the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest United States. Together, with our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, we leverage our diverse strengths to provide each patient and resident with healthcare services that best meet their needs.

It is Diversicare’s Mission to “Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations.”

We are guided to excellence by five Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork, and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation, and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence. Our Service Standards are in place to offer support. They lead us to what matters most to our company: creating a warm, caring, safe, and professional environment for our customers and each other.

Our culture of impassioned service delivery is the Diversicare Difference.

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Responsibilities

• Assists in pre-admission and admission process with customers; aids clients in adjusting to nursing home placement.
• Interviews residents and families to obtain relevant past and present adjustments, behavior, and lifestyle.
• Documents progress and updates plans of care at the interdisciplinary care conference.
• Arranges transportation, makes appointments, and acts as a liaison between all departments, residents’ families, and outside agencies.
• Assists in handling and accepting placement through one-on-one counseling and group work.
• Ascertains potential and develops discharge plans when clients are admitted.
• Arranges for post-discharge services and follow-up care.
• Assesses emotional, financial, spiritual, educational, and social needs of residents; ensures those needs are managed by the facility or through outside agencies.
• Acts as resident/family advocate and ensures the resident is knowledgeable of and exercises his/her rights.
• Responsible for organizing and conducting Family Counsel Meetings and maintaining minutes of the meetings.
• Maintains effective communication with residents, families, healthcare professionals, and facility staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Social Work
• License with State
• One year of supervised social work experience in a healthcare setting, working directly with patients and families.
• Experience in healthcare setting – preference in nursing home, hospice, home health, hospital.
• Ability to work with a variety of people in situations varying from community and nursing home planning.
• Able to make decisions concerning procedures based on evaluations and interpretations of case histories.

(EOE)