Social Worker

Cedargrovenursing; Clayton (NJ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cedar Grove Rehabilitation & Nursing is seeking a Social Worker to maintain progress notes, plan care, and provide comprehensive psycho-social assessments and discharge planning for residents and their families.

The role requires a Master’s in Social Work, long-term care experience, and the ability to work with a multidisciplinary team. Strong communication skills and experience with admission processes and crisis intervention are essential.

Qualifications

• MSW required with extensive long-term care experience.
• Experience with admission processes, referrals, discharge planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with PASSARs, Healthcare Proxies, Guardianships, MDS, MOLST, OBRA assessments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain documented progress notes and care planning in residents' charts.
• Provide psycho-social assessments, intervention, and discharge planning for residents and families.
• Assist residents and families with treatment, after-care planning, and long-term care planning.
• Work with a multidisciplinary team and autonomous day-to-day responsibilities.
• Assist with admissions and referrals as needed.
• Provide crisis intervention as required.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Strong written/verbal communication

Referral networks

MSW understanding of social work

Point Click Care

Education

Master's in Social Work (MSW)

Tools

Point Click Care

Job description

The Social Worker position will maintain documented progress notes of all interactions and planning of care in the resident’s chart. Additionally, the Social Services Director will provide psycho social assessments, intervention, and/or treatment and discharge planning to residents and their families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis and/or life situation and meet the continuing needs post-hospitalization. The Social Worker position will assist residents and families to resolve personal, financial and/or environmental difficulties which interfere with the care management process as well as provide crisis intervention as needed.

Additional skills and experience candidates should possess are, but not limited to:

• Have a strong understanding of referral sources for varying levels of need such as: durable medical equipment companies, home health companies, elder services, psychiatric services/psychiatric programs and housing;
• Versed in PASSARs, Healthcare Proxies, Guardianships, Minimum Data Sets, MOLST forms and OBRA Assessments, Resident Rights, Durable Power of Attorney;
• Able to meet with residents and their families regarding treatment, after-care planning, and long-term care planning and the establishment these services;
• Able to work with a multidisciplinary team, as well as, autonomously with day-to-day responsibilities;
• Able to assist with admission process and/or referrals;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Point Click Care
• Masters in Social work is required
• Long Term Care Experience is required

Experience:

• Social Services: 1 year (Preferred)

Cedar Grove Rehabilitation & Nursing, providing care and attention, one resident at a time