Assistant Social Worker

3 weeks ago

Westchester County NY, United States Healthcare Nursing Center Full time

**We offer**:

- Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits
- Positive and Supportive Work Environment
- Flexible Schedules
- Work + Life Balance
- Innovating Training Programs
- So Much More

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

**Experience Required**: Position willing to train.

An individual with **_a minimum of_**_ _**a associates degree in social work or a bachelor’s degree in a human services field including, but not limited to, social work sociology, _gerontology,_ _special education, rehabilitation counseling, and psychology.

**Essential Functions**
- Assist with planning a comprehensive social services program that provides support services for residents, designated representatives and families from a variety of resources.
- Coordinating discharges to ensure facility census is kept at its maximum capacity.
- Participate in an interdisciplinary team approach to better serve the needs of the facility population.
- Provide for therapeutic intervention(s) to help residents cope with the social and psychological aspects of their illnesses, impairments, addictions, or disabilities as well as their feelings about separation from family/community, physical and emotional loss—including trauma-induced events.
- Maintain written documentation in the medical record per facility policy and state and federal guidelines.
- Perform an initial evaluation/assessment of each resident’s biopsychosocial needs to be placed in the medical Active cases require ongoing written documentation.
- Assists in implementing social services policies and procedures that conform to current standards of practice, facility philosophy and operational policies, while maintaining compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
- Participates in daily or weekly management team meetings to discuss resident status, personnel, or resident complaints or concerns.
- Attends weekly discharge planning meetings in order to facilitate resident discharges and transfers to ensure safety and appropriateness.
- Ensures delivery of compassionate quality care as evidenced by resident/resident representative feedback, observation, and chart review.
- Ensures that assigned resident assessments and care plans are in compliance.
- Collaborates with physicians, consultants, community agencies, and institutions to improve the quality of services and resolve identified problems.
- Assists in the development and delivery of in-service education to equip nursing staff with sufficient knowledge and skills to provide compassionate, quality care and respect for resident rights.
- Proactively develops positive employee relations, and promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
- Assists with coordinating and/or identifying ongoing QAA activities for social work services to monitor by maintaining compliance with standards and regulatory requirements through rounds, interviews, and record reviews. Compiles summary of findings for the Quality Assessment and Assurance committee and Director of Social Work.
- Communicates directly with residents, families, medical staff, nursing staff, interdisciplinary team members and Department Head to coordinate care and services, promote participation in care plans and maintain a high quality of care and life for residents.
- Promotes customer service and hospitality and responds to and adequately resolves complaints or concerns from residents or families about nursing services.
- Assists and monitors facility incidents and complaints daily to identify those defined as unusual occurrences by state policy and promptly reports such occurrences to Director of Social Services for appropriate action.
- Monitors complaint reports daily for allegations of potential abuse, neglect, exploitation, or the loss or misappropriation of resident property and participates in these investigations.
- Interacts courteously with residents, family members, employees, visitors, vendors, business associates, and representatives of government agencies.

**ACKNOWLEDGEMENT**

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. All pay rates and bonuses are paid and/ or awarded to employees based on the facilities policy and/ or the CBA, depending on the position.

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