Senior Social Worker

4 days ago

Cadillac Michigan, United States Samaritas Full time
Job Summary

As a Senior Social Worker at Samaritas, you will play a vital role in ensuring the highest level of psychosocial functioning and well-being for our residents. You will coordinate admissions, serve as a key member of the resident care team, and advocate on behalf of residents to staff, family, and organization.

Duties and Responsibilities
  • Advocate on behalf of residents to staff, family, and organization.
  • Identify the social, emotional, and economic needs of residents through a continuous evaluation process.
  • Participate in the care plan development and implementation of each resident. Provide intake processing as needed.
  • Document plans, goals, and observations of each resident in electronic records.
  • Work with referral sources to identify potential candidates for the center. Coordinate move-ins and required documentation.
  • Plan and coordinate admissions. Prepare and explain patient contract, programs, and policies to responsible party during admission. Complete all paperwork with the responsible party during the admission process.
  • Coordinate client's room assignment and arrival with nursing and other departments. Engage with resident/responsible party upon admission. Record in the appropriate database as required.
  • Coordinate residents' discharge. Complete discharge instructions and refer equipment and ongoing services as needed.
  • Participate in monthly Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) meetings and initiatives.
  • Compile necessary reports and statistics and submit to supervisor.
  • Provide oversight and supervision to all aspects of the social services department, including but not limited to, supervision of assigned staff.
Job Qualifications
  • Education, Training, and Licensure/Certification
    • Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related field.
    • Licensed as a Social Worker in the State of Michigan preferred.
  • Experience
    • Two years' experience in social work.
    • Experience with older adults and/or persons with disabilities preferred.
  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
    • Basic counseling, coaching, and group counseling skills.
    • Ability to display compassion and sensitivity with vulnerable adults who may become angry, hostile or combative. Ability to maintain a helping role and intervene with resident care when appropriate.
    • Ability to communicate effectively with individuals with varying levels of cognitive and physical impairments.
    • Ability and willingness to work constructively with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds.
    • Ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
    • Knowledge of and ability to employ social brokering, advocating and mobilizing individuals and groups.
    • Basic knowledge of state and local human service systems and resources, particularly as they apply to geriatrics.
    • Ability to work independently and cooperatively. Ability to apply practical mathematical applications.
    • Excellent oral and written communications skills with the ability to read, write and speak the fluent English.
    • Ability to prepare business letters, expositions, summaries, and reports, using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
    • Knowledge of various computer software applications.
    Additional Work Requirements
    • Weekend on-call required.
    Physical and Mental Requirements
    • Ability to move freely about campus.
    • Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
    • Finger and hand dexterity.
    • Hand-eye coordination.

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