SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR (25361)

Cantex Continuing Care Network; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with match

CEU reimbursement

Vacation

Sick leave

Holidays

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Supplemental insurance

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Cantex Continuing Care Network seeks a Director of Social Services to identify and address the medical and emotional needs of patients/residents at The Villa at Mountain View in Dallas. The role leads social services programs, collaborates with physicians, and prepares residents for discharge while promoting rights and quality of life.

Responsibilities include developing care plans, participating in interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work or human services required.
• Licensed per state requirements or eligible for licensure.
• Strong communication, documentation, and assessment skills.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in long-term care or related healthcare.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Responsibilities

• Develops social histories and social assessments with care plans for each patient/resident.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care plan conferences and contributes to plan development.
• Establishes social action plans and realistic goals aligned with needs.
• Designs social service programs meeting medical and emotional needs per guidelines.
• Interprets Patients' Bill of Rights and promotes patients' rights.
• Provides individual and group support during adjustment, crisis, or need.
• Orients patients and families to facility and aids adjustment.
• Completes Social Services sections of MDS (sections E & F).
• Coordinates discharge planning and admissions processes as needed.
• Leads social services in-service and staff education sessions.
• Maintains progress and intervention notes per state and federal regulations.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Assessment

Social work methods

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work or human services

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Skilled Nursing at The Villa at Mountain View - Dallas, TX 75211, Position Type: Full Time, Job Category: Social Services.

Job Summary

The overall purpose of the Director of Social Services position is to enable the facility to identify the medically related social and emotional needs of the patients/residents. This position acts to meet those needs through individual and group social services programming. This position also promotes patients'/residents potential during their stay and collaborates with physician and patient in preparation for discharge.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelors degree in social work or in human services fields.
• Licensed per the state requirements or eligible for licensure.
• Skills in communication, documentation, assessment, and social work methods and techniques.
• Has at least one year of experience in long-term care setting and/or related healthcare setting.
• Ability to read, write, and speak the English language.

Essential Functions

• Develops social histories of patients/residents and develops a social assessment and care plan for each patient/resident which identifies medically related social and emotional problems and needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care plan conferences and contributes to the development of care plans for patients/residents.
• Establishes specific social action plans and realistic goals for each patient consistent with medically related social and emotional needs.
• Designs and develops social service programs that meet medically related social and emotional needs of patients/residents and complies with regulatory guidelines.
• With the Administrator, interprets and promotes patients'/residents rights and the "Patients' Bill of Rights".
• Provides individual and group help for patients/residents and families at times of adjustment, crisis, or need.
• Orients patients/residents and families to the facility environment and assists the adjustment of both through individual and group programs.
• Completes the Social Services section (sections E & F) of the MDS
• Assists with implementation of all RCMS and #13 Advanced Directives.
• May coordinate admissions process for new or returning patients.
• Coordinates discharge planning with staff, patients/residents, and families.
• Coordinates social services "in-service" and educational programs for staff.
• Completes all necessary and supportive documentation-progress notes, intervention notes, adjustment notes in accordance with state and federal regulations
• May identify and promote a family council committee.
• Ability to function as a Team Leader/Role Model.
• Serves on various committees as requested by Administrator.
• Has reviewed Cantex Continuing Care Networks Clinical Policies and Procedures or Abuse Prevention and knows the employee's responsibility to enforce it.
• Responsible for assuring patient/resident safety.
• Performs other duties/tasks as assigned.

We are an Equal opportunity employer; We offer an excellent benefit plan to include 401K with match, CEU reimbursement, vacation, sick, holidays, medical, dental, and supplemental insurance Plans as well as a Highly competitive compensation package.