Social Services Coordinator
Pine Haven Christian Home•Sheboygan Falls, WI
•$23 - $26•Onsite
About The Position
Join the Pine Haven family! We are looking for a compassionate and experienced Social Services Coordinator to support the emotional and social well-being of our residents and their families. This position plays an important role in helping residents and ensuring they receive the support, resources, and quality care they deserve.
Requirements
- Prior social services experience in a senior living setting required
- Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Ability to deal professionally with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.
- Patience, tact, cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle residents based on whatever level they are currently functioning
- Ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing social services programs
- Maintain good attendance, including timely arrival
- Support positive working relationships with fellow team members
- Interreact, communicate, and collaborate effectively with others
- Attention to detail, time management, and organizational skills required
- Must comply with Pine Haven’s policies
- Understands, supports, and is committed to Pine Haven’s Mission, Vision and Values
Responsibilities
- Assist with psycho-social aspect of potential resident assessments
- Provide tours to potential residents and families
- Coordinate, and complete the admissions of new residents
- Responsible for providing residents and families with the social and emotional aspects of transitioning to our facility
- Meet with residents and families regarding emotional, social, or physical needs
- Assist staff with challenging resident or family situations
- Provide emotional support as resident needs arise
- Connect residents and families with community and government benefit programs and resources
- Coordinate, facilitate and participate in service plans, and complete follow up tasks from the care planning
- Investigate, document, and follow-up on resident rights concerns, including lost items
- Develop social services programs to provide higher level of care for residents, families, and staff
- Coordinate schedules for residents and outside providers who come on-site, such as podiatrist, audiologist, ophthalmologist/optometrist
- Work closely with support department staff and managers, including providing direction as needed to staff and sharing concerns with managers
- Serve on the Administrative On Call Rotation
- Provide Quality Assurance structure, review of programs, and implement QA initiatives as they are developed
- Follow infection control and universal precautions policies and procedures to ensure that a sanitary environment is always maintained
- Attend and participate in required training, conducted at time of hire and/or annually, that will include training designed to assure resident safety: i.e. fire safety, missing resident, evacuations, disaster response, etc.
- Report any observed changes in a resident’s needs and/or condition immediately to a license nurse or manager as appropriate
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
