SOCIAL SERIVCE DIRECTOR

PACS • Beeville, TX

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About The Position

The Social Service Director provides medically related social services to help residents attain or maintain the highest practicable level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. The role assesses residents’ social and family circumstances, psychological and emotional needs, and social-service requirements, and develops care plans to address identified issues. It also supports residents and families with health-care decisions, emotional challenges, coping with disabilities and health conditions, grief, and discharge planning.

The position coordinates with facility departments, community and social-service agencies, health and welfare agencies, and the interdisciplinary team to help meet residents’ needs. Duties include documenting residents’ social-service status, arranging appointments and ancillary services, supporting access to resources and assistive devices, and assisting with shopping and resident belongings. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. Work is performed in an environment with noise levels usually low to moderate; reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or Human Services.
• Two years of supervised social-work experience in a health-care setting working directly with individuals.
• Ability to read technical procedures and comprehend policy and procedure manuals.
• Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Social Work (MSW) preferred.
• Knowledge of and experience with PCC preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish a course of action by exploring options and setting goals with residents and their families.
• Assist residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence, and well-being.
• Provide medically related social services to support each resident’s highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
• Evaluate social and family information and psychological and emotional needs to assess social-service needs and develop related care plans.
• Provide emotional support and help residents and families cope with physical disabilities, health-related fears, grief, loss of ability, and death.
• Assist residents with health-care decisions.
• Assist with personal shopping.
• Assist with inventory and tracking of residents’ belongings, and coordinate responses to reports of missing, lost, or stolen belongings.
• Help residents obtain resources from community, social-service, health, and welfare agencies.
• Assist in securing appropriate prosthetics and assistive devices.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with facility departments and outside community agencies to provide services that meet residents’ needs.
• Document residents’ social-service status.
• Assist with making ordered outpatient appointments and schedule on-site ancillary services, including optometry, podiatry, dentistry, and psychiatric services.
• Assist with discharge planning by coordinating with appropriate agencies, entities, or individuals regarding services, equipment, and referrals; coordinate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide in-service training to staff as requested.
• Counsel residents and family members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time