Social Worker

Ciena-Healthcare; Lowell (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K with matching funds

Life Insurance

Employee discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Reimbursement

Job summary

The Social Worker at CienaHealthcare in Lowell, MI provides psychosocial support to residents and families, aligning care plans with regulations and quality of life goals. This part-time role supports resident rights, discharge planning, advanced directive facilitation, and coordination of community resources to promote well-being.

Collaborating with an interdisciplinary team, the successful candidate will address emotional, social, behavioral, and environmental factors that impact care outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work or related human services field.
• One year supervised social work experience in healthcare.
• Familiarity with long-term care regulations at state and federal level.

Responsibilities

• Supervises psychosocial support and services provided by Social Worker and SS Designee.
• Performs supervisory responsibilities per policies and laws.
• Interviews, recommends hires and trains employees.
• Plans, assigns, and directs workflow.
• Prepares work assignments with resident safety in mind.
• Receives calls and finds replacements for absent staff.
• Transfers employees within units as needed.
• Prepares performance evaluations affecting tenure and raises.
• Schedules and adjusts lunch and rest breaks.
• Resolves employee complaints and monitors performance.
• Ensures supervisees effectively manage their staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Regulatory knowledge

Care planning

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work

One year supervised social work experience

Knowledge of federal/state long-term care regulations

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

PART-TIME POSITION

The Social Workeris responsible forproviding psychosocial support and services to residents and their families. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while supporting resident rights, care planning, discharge planning,PASARR compliance, qualityof life initiatives, advanced directive facilitation, and coordination of community resources to promote residents’ well-being, dignity, and quality of life. The Social Worker collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to address emotional, social, behavioral, and environmental factors thatimpactresident care, outcomes, and successful transitions.

Join us with an attractive benefits offering:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K with matching funds
• Life Insurance
• Employee discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Reimbursement

Responsibilities:

• Supervises psychosocial support and services provided by Social Worker and Social Services Designee.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizational policies and applicable laws.
• Interviews, recommend hires and trains employees
• Plans, assigns, and directs workflow.
• Prepares work assignment sheets, taking into consideration resident safety, the educational preparation, experience, knowledge and ability of the persons to whom the assignments are made.
• Receive calls and find replacements for absent staff as needed
• Transfers employees within units as needed.
• Prepares performance evaluations with the understanding that such evaluations impact tenure of probationary employees and wage increases of non-probationary employees.
• Schedules and adjusts lunch and rest breaks.
• Receives and resolves employee complaints.
• Monitors and corrects job performance of employees.
• Adequately supervises assigned staff and assures that those staff are supervising employees assigned to them.

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum of bachelor's degree in social work or bachelor’s degree in a human services field including, but not limited to, sociology, gerontology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, and psychology.
• One year supervised social work experience in a health care setting.
• Working knowledge of federal and state long-term care regulations.
• Knowledge of chronic disease management and care transitions/discharge planning is preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current Social Work license in the state as required by state regulations.
• LSW, LMSW, LCSW, LBSW, LLBSW, or LLMSW preferred.

CienaHealthcare

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of carein Michigan and Ohio.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. Joinus,ifyou have a passion for improving the livesof those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

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