LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER

Integritus Healthcare•Lynn, MA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Hunt has been caring for families on Boston’s north shore since 1976, providing top-quality skilled nursing care in Danvers, MA for short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. We focus on maximizing patient recovery, comfort, and independence for the highest possible quality of life. From post-surgery and post-hospital rehabilitation to long-term care for a chronic illness, our highly skilled nursing care teams provide compassionate attention and specialized care every step of the way to reduce hospital readmissions and achieve exceptional outcomes. This is a collaborative and innovated team at Integritus Healthcare, one of the largest post-acute health care systems across Massachusetts, committed to fulfilling the health and residential needs of the population in the communities we serve. The facility is a premier skilled nursing facility offering long- and short-term care, rehabilitation, and respiratory services.

Requirements

LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER

Responsibilities

Assists filing of paperwork, answering phones, taking messages, returning calls, delivering messages.
Communicate effectively with residents, families, caregivers, and staff either face-to-face or by telephone.
Sets up facility meetings on behalf of the Director of Social Services- residents such as care plan meetings, 72-hour meetings, welcome meetings.
Assists in ensuring accuracy of daily census.
Gather resident information for the completion of request for services (MA health screens).
Meets and welcomes new residents to facility.
Reviews admission agreement packets with new resident/responsible parties.
Must be able to relay accurate confidential information as it relates to HIPPA.
Assist with discharge planning with respect to obtaining the resource information for discharge (such as making PCP appointments, behavioral health appointments, referral for elder services and VNA and faxing discharge paperwork).
Completion of housing applications with resident’s and other community resources such as SNAP benefits, The Ride, DMH, DDS.
Gather information for coordination of grievance concern.
Gather information for guardianship regulatory compliance.
Coordinate Ombudsman directive for facility-initiated notices of transfer discharges.
Assist the Licensed social worker with obtaining social history in order to determine their plan of care.
Post discharge calls and follow up with resident’s/ responsible parties, VNA and Elder Services.
Updating resident’s face sheets with updated contact information.
Conducting audits of advanced directives, psychotropic medications, etc.
Participates in QA activities.
Other administrative duties as assigned to support the Social Services dept.