Director of Social Services

PACS

1d•$60,000 - $60,000•Onsite

About The Position

Johns Island Post Acute is a beautiful 132-bed skilled nursing and rehab facility in Johns Island, just 10 minutes away from historic downtown Charleston. Our passionate team invite you to plant your roots in your career and your community. We aim for a culture that helps you stay grounded with ongoing support and a responsive leadership team, along with opportunities for advancement to keep you growing. We are seeking a Licensed Social Service Director to lead and manage our social services department. This is a key leadership role responsible for addressing the psychosocial needs of residents and their families, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. General Purpose Handles pressure, objectivity, confidentiality, organization, planning, reporting skills, persistence, proactive, listening, verbal communication, and resident and their family relationships. PACS is revolutionizing the delivery and leadership of post-acute healthcare and support services across the country. Originally founded in 2013, the organization now consists of hundreds of independent operating subsidiaries, as well as ancillary and support services. We bring a proven model of mission-driven care that balances access to a national network of support and resources with local decision making. In addition, PACS helps connect exceptional people with premier healthcare careers across the country. We focus on finding innovative and effective team members based on their qualifications, experience, geographic preferences, and personality fit with the existing facility staff and culture. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and any other protected characteristic. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Requirements

Licensed Social Worker (LMSW, LCSW, or as required by state)
Bachelor’s in Social Work (BSW) required
2+ years in long-term care or healthcare setting
Knowledge of CMS and state regulations for nursing homes
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Ability to read technical procedures.
Ability to read and comprehend policy and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

MSW preferred
Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess psychosocial needs of residents and families
Develop and implement individualized care plans
Coordinate discharge planning and referrals
Provide emotional support and counseling services
Maintain accurate documentation per CMS guidelines
Ensure regulatory compliance (federal/state)
Supervise and support social services staff
Establishes course of action by exploring options; setting goals with resident and their families.
Assist residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence and well-being.
Provide medically related social services so that the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing of each resident is attained or maintained.
Evaluate social and family information, psychological and emotional needs to assist in assessing social services needs as well as develop care plans for social services issues.
Provide emotional support and address emotional problems including assisting residents and family with difficulties in coping with physical disabilities, fears related to health conditions as well as grief related to loss of ability and/or death.
Assist residents with health care decisions.
Assist with personal shopping.
Assist in inventory and tracking patient belongings.
Coordinate response to reports of missing, lost or stolen belongings.
Assist in obtaining resources from community and social services agencies as well as health and welfare agencies to meet the needs of the resident.
Assist in securing appropriate prosthetics and assistive devices.
Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments in the facility, and outside community agencies, so that social services can be provided to meet the needs of the residents.
Document regarding resident social service status.
Assist in making outpatient appointments as ordered and schedule on-site ancillary patient services to include optometry, podiatry, dentistry and psychiatric services.
Assist in discharge planning with appropriate agencies, entities or individuals to include agency services, equipment and agency referrals. Coordinates with interdisciplinary team.
Provide in-service training to the staff as requested.
Counselling residents and family members.