Social Services Director

PACS

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Chandler Creek Post Acute, a 133-bed facility in Greer, SC, is seeking a full-time Social Services Director. The facility prides itself on its small-town feeling and strong community connection. The role involves assisting residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence, and well-being by providing medically related social services. This includes evaluating social and family information, psychological and emotional needs, developing care plans, providing emotional support, assisting with healthcare decisions, coordinating resources, and discharge planning. The successful candidate will join a team of caring, compassionate staff members and will have opportunities for advancement within the PACS network. PACS, founded in 2013, is an organization that revolutionizes post-acute healthcare delivery and support services across the country, consisting of hundreds of independent operating subsidiaries. They focus on connecting exceptional people with premier healthcare careers based on qualifications, experience, geographic preferences, and personality fit, and are committed to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

Unencumbered license to practice in SC
Graduate of an accredited college or university
Desire to lead by example and advocate for our residents
Current CPR certification
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or in Human Services
2 years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals

Nice To Haves

Experience with PCC is preferred
MSW preferred

Responsibilities

Establishes course of action by exploring options; setting goals with resident and their families.
Assist residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence and well-being.
Provide medically related social services so that the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing of each resident is attained or maintained.
Evaluate social and family information, psychological and emotional needs to assist in assessing social services needs as well as develop care plans for social services issues.
Provide emotional support and address emotional problems including assisting residents and family with difficulties in coping with physical disabilities, fears related to health conditions as well as grief related to loss of ability and/or death.
Assist residents with health care decisions.
Assist with personal shopping.
Assist in inventory and tracking patient belongings.
Coordinate response to reports of missing, lost or stolen belongings.
Assist in obtaining resources from community and social services agencies as well as health and welfare agencies to meet the needs of the resident.
Assist in securing appropriate prosthetics and assistive devices.
Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments in the facility, and outside community agencies, so that social services can be provided to meet the needs of the residents.
Document regarding resident social service status.
Assist in making outpatient appointments as ordered and schedule on-site ancillary patient services to include optometry, podiatry, dentistry and psychiatric services.
Assist in discharge planning with appropriate agencies, entities or individuals to include agency services, equipment and agency referrals. Coordinates with interdisciplinary team.
Provide in-service training to the staff as requested.
Counselling residents and family members.