Social Services Assistant

Ohana Pacific Management Company Inc•Kapolei, HI

About The Position

We are Ohana Pacific Health. We positively impact thousands of lives each year with the "Ohana Experience", an organizational culture based on excellence and genuine care. Hawaii's largest, locally owned post-acute healthcare company. Our vision is to transform how healthcare is provided throughout Hawaii. We're looking for a caring and compassionate Social Services Assistant who works in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team to identify and assess our Kupuna's psychosocial, emotional, environmental, spiritual, and support needs to develop a plan of care.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Social Work preferred.
Membership in National Association of Social Workers and Academy of Certified Social Work preferred.
Licensure/ Hawaii State Social Work license or eligible preferred.
Minimum of 1 year of experience providing social services or in long term care preferred.

Responsibilities

Assists with counseling and crisis intervention to facilitate effective coping/problem solving strategies in relation to illness/disability, death, and/or emotional and relationship problems.
Makes daily rounds to all units and reviews communication logs, social service logs and loss logs.
Completes the process for Social Services to include: initial assessments, state/federal timed assessments, and care plans.
Identifies guests who need to Obtain POA, Surrogates or Guardianship and assists in coordinating process to ensure all guests have a representative on admission or within 1 month of admission.