Social Worker (Skilled Nursing)

Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls; Chippewa Falls (WI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401k with match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Referral program

Job summary

The Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls is seeking a Licensed Social Worker to join our team and provide counseling, admission services, and care planning for veterans and spouses.

You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, develop plans of care, maintain confidentiality, and support members and families in navigating benefits and options within our five-star, deficiency-free facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related human services field from an accredited institution.
• Five (5) years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting.
• Maintain current licensure with the state Board of Social Workers.

Responsibilities

• Provide pre-admission, admission, and counseling services to members.
• Aid members and families with personal and environmental difficulties, which may affect care and benefits.
• Formulate and coordinate interdisciplinary discharge plans for members.
• Performs clinical evaluations on assigned members.
• Develop a plan of care that meets member needs and preserves self-esteem and privacy.
• Maintain confidentiality of personal information and support independence.
• Complete documents related to social work and assist with member surveys.
• Serve as liaison between residents, families, and the community.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Job description

Description

Proudly serve those who served – America’s Veterans need you.

The Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls is looking for aLicensed Social Workerto join our team in caring for America’s heroes. We are a 5-star, deficiency free, homelike care community.

The Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls provides compassionate and professional long-term, skilled nursing care to veterans and spouses who cannot be cared for in their homes.

As a Licensed Social Worker, you will:

• Provide pre-admission, admission, and counseling services to members.
• Aid members and their families with personal and environmental difficulties, which may predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from skilled care.
• Formulate and coordinate interdisciplinary discharge plans for members.
• Performs clinical evaluations on assigned members.
• Assesses and develops a plan of care that meets member’s needs.
• Maintains members self-esteem, privacy, and confidentiality of personal information.
• Provides members with opportunities for independence and choice consistent with their care plan.
• Completes all documents related to social work.
• Assists members with problem solving and completing a member satisfaction survey form as appropriate in keeping with facility policy.
• Serves as a liaison between residents, families, the community, and the surrounding community.

As a Licensed Social Worker, you will possess:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a Bachelor's degree in a human services field from an accredited academic institution, including, but not limited to: gerontology, sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, psychology.
• Five (5) years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting, working directly with individuals.
• Maintain current licensure with state Board of Social Workers as required by current state licensure requirements

Benefits of Working at the Veterans Home:

• Team member only health insurance as low as $40.00 / month
• Accumulating paid time off & paid disability leave earned each pay period
• 401k with employer match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous team member referral program – earn up to $2,000

We are deeply committed to our core values of hospitality, stewardship, integrity, respect, and humor. These values are vital to our processes and decision making and are the heart of all our daily interactions. We hope you will join us in embodying these values while we fulfill our mission of working on behalf of Wisconsin’s veterans’ community – veterans, their families, and their survivors – in recognition of their service and sacrifice to our state and nation.

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