Social Services Supervisor

Diversicare; Bessemer (AL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Vacation/Holidays/Sick Time

Disability (Long/Short Term)

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Referral Bonuses

DiversICARE hardship fund

OnShift Wallet

Job summary

Diversicare is seeking a dedicated Social Worker to support residents and their families through admission planning, counseling, and coordinated care. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess needs, develop care plans, and connect families with needed resources.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Social Work, a state license (strongly preferred), and relevant experience in healthcare settings, including nursing homes or hospice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Social Work is required or strongly preferred.
• License with State strongly preferred.
• One year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting, working directly with patients and families.
• Experience in healthcare settings – nursing home, hospice, home health, hospital preferred.
• Ability to work with diverse people in community and nursing home planning scenarios.
• Ability to make decisions based on evaluations and case histories.

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 departments, residents’ families and outside agencies.
• Assists in handling and accepting placement through one-on-one counseling and group work.
• Develops discharge plans when clients are admitted and coordinates post discharge services.
• Assesses resident needs across emotional, financial, spiritual, educational and social aspects; ensures those needs are addressed by the facility or outside agencies.
• Acts as resident/family advocate and ensures residents are aware of and exercise their rights.
• Organizes and conducts Family Counsel Meetings and maintains minutes.
• Maintains effective communication with residents, families, healthcare professionals and staff.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Social Work

License with State strongly preferred

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,

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 48 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in five 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 serves 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 areadmitted.

• Arranges for post discharge services and follow-up care.

• Assesses emotional, financial, spiritual, educational and social needs of residents; ensures those needs are Manager, Education & Training by the facility or through the use of outside agencies.

• Acts as resident/family advocate and ensure the resident is knowledgeablein and exercises his/her rights.

• Responsible for organizing and conduction of Family Counsel Meetings and maintaining minutes of the meeting.

• Maintains effective communication with residents, families, healthcare professionals and facility staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Social Work

• License with State strongly preferred

• One year of supervised social work experiencein a health care setting, working directly with patients and families.

• Experience in working 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)