Discharge Planning Assistant
About The Position
The Social Worker & Discharge Planning Assistant supports the Social Services Department in developing, implementing, supervising, and evaluating services that help residents attain or maintain their highest practicable well-being. The position helps identify residents’ medically related social service needs and ensures services are provided in accordance with state and federal regulations. The role facilitates safe transitions back into the community, considering the resident’s or representative’s wishes, safety, and clinical recommendations. This may include helping residents return to their prior living arrangements, identifying and arranging a new discharge location based on their assets and needs, or assisting with transitions to another skilled nursing facility or a long-term care nursing home when appropriate. The assistant collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on clinical discharge planning, community-based services, and follow-up care.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or another human services field, including sociology, gerontology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, or psychology.
- At least one year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals.
- Licensed.
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the position, including lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying heavy objects; standing for long periods; walking, bending, and stretching.
Responsibilities
- Assist with the development, implementation, supervision, and ongoing evaluation of the Social Services Department.
- Help residents attain or maintain their highest practicable well-being.
- Identify medically related social service needs and ensure services are provided in accordance with state and federal regulations.
- Facilitate safe transitions from the facility back into the community, considering resident or representative wishes, safety, and clinical recommendations.
- Assist residents in returning to their prior living arrangements or identifying and arranging a new discharge location based on their assets and needs.
- Assist with lateral transitions to another skilled nursing facility or transitions to a long-term care nursing home when appropriate.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to identify clinical discharge planning needs and arrange community-based services and follow-up care.
Benefits
- Seven holidays
- Generous paid time off
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- Voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) with immediate enrollment and company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Referral bonus program
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Job Type
Full-time
