Director of Social Services - Veterans Community Living Centers Fitzsimons, Aurora, CO

State of Colorado • Denver, CO

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides leadership and direction for the Social Services Department, serving as the department manager and supervising Social Services Assistants (SSA). It ensures integrated, continuous care to support residents’ physical, emotional, and mental health, addressing nursing home adjustment and psychosocial needs. The Colorado Veterans Community Living Center (VCLC) at Fitzsimons is a beautiful 180-bed, skilled nursing facility serving Colorado’s veterans. We strive to honor and respect those living in our community through companionship and person-centered care while providing a comfortable and safe place to live. At Fitzsimons, we provide long-term care and short-term rehab and have a secure memory care neighborhood. We are conveniently located on the medical campus with UC Hospital and the Aurora VA Medical Center. Fitzsimons celebrates a low 14% staff turnover rate and substantial longevity among staff.

Requirements

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker required by CMS, VA and CDPHE and Long-Term Care Experience
• Eight (8) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position
• A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to eight (8) years.
• Must possess a current and valid Licensed Clinical Social Worker license for the duration of your employment
• Must possess a valid, non-restricted Colorado Driver’s License
• Must complete and pass TB test andీ any other vaccinations as required by the facility.

Responsibilities

• Provide management to and oversight of Social Services team members in carrying out their day-to-day responsibilities
• Provides psychosocial, social service expertise, analysis, and judgment to staff and other department staff in dealing with the complications that arise in treating residents with medical and psychiatric diagnoses and needs, and by interfacing with numerous multidisciplinary service providers or the residents' families or legal representatives.
• Prepares a report and action plan on a monthly basis on various resident issues that pertain to the social service department for the Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement Committee (QAPI), and attends this meeting conducted by the facility NHA and/or Medical Director.
• Provides regular feedback to social service staff on their performance and completes PMP performance reviews on an annual basis, or more frequently if necessary.
• Provides documentation to support recommended corrective and disciplinary actions, and resolves informal grievances
• Attend meetings with the social services team to ensure that the psychosocial processes, policies, procedures, and regulations are being followed.
• Adhere to facility policies and procedures as well as regulatory standards to provide care and services to the residents of the facility through case management, assessments, care planning/documentation, and crisis intervention/conflict resolution to ensure high-quality social services for residents in long-term care/domiciliary settings
• Attend and function as an active participant of the interdisciplinary team by providing reports in various meetings required by VA, CMS, or other regulatory or facility processes or procedures
• Complete comprehensive audits of residents' charts and files to ensure that accurate information is contained, ensure that advance directives are current and uploaded to the EHR, ensure that ancillary services and visits have been completed and uploaded, ensure that mental health provider visits are completed and uploaded, and ensure that assessments and corresponding notes are documented in the EHR.

Benefits

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits, including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer-supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year, plus vacation and sick leave
• State of Colorado Employee BenefitHub Resource Center
• Employee Wellness program
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training, and more
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director