Social Worker

Seashore Gardens; New Jersey; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Seashore Gardens in New Jersey is seeking a dedicated social worker to support residents through planning, assessment, and advocacy. As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will conduct psycho-social assessments, guide care plans, promote independence, and foster a respectful, growth-oriented environment for each resident.

You will collaborate with families, connect residents with community resources, protect rights, and support emotional and social needs in a compassionate, holistic care

Responsibilities

• Planning for pre-admission and discharge
• Providing psycho-social assessment and completing minimum data set portions to guide the care plan
• Is aware of the worth and uniqueness of each individual
• Treats each individual with respect
• Creates an atmosphere of growth for the individual
• Adopts a holistic perspective recognizing the dynamic interplay of social, psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being
• Provides a supportive physical environment for the resident
• Fosters a positive self-image for residents through social contact, decision-making opportunities, and independence
• Participating as a member of an interdisciplinary team in resident care planning
• Counseling residents and their families; contacting and utilizing community resources on the resident's behalf and serving as a link to these resource systems
• Advocating for and protecting residents' rights
• Ensuring the social and emotional needs of each resident are met
• Stimulating social contact and interaction
• Promoting the maximum level of independence of each resident

Job description

Seashore Gardens -

The social worker's role should be:

1.Planning for pre-admission and discharge

2.Providing psycho-social assessment and completion of relevant parts of the minimum data set (particularly face sheets,

sections A, AA, AB, AC, E, F, Q and sometimes B) Utilizing the minimum data set to guide the care plan

3.Is aware of the worth and uniqueness of each individual

4.Treats each individual with respect

5. Creates an atmosphere of growth for the individual

6. Adopts a holistic perspective by recognizing the dynamic interplay of social, psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being

7.Provides a physical environment that is supportive rather than challenging or crippling to the individual

8.Fosters a positive self-image for the residents through continued social contact, decision-making opportunities, and

independence

9. Participating (as a member of an interdisciplinary team) in resident care planning

10 Counseling residents and their families Contacting and utilizing community resources on the resident's behalf and serving as

a link between the resident and these resource systems when necessary

11. Advocating for and protecting resident's rights

12. Ensuring the social and emotional needs of each resident are met

13.Stimulating social contact and interaction

14.Promoting the maximum level of independence of each resident