Social Worker

Saint Francis Ministries•Salina, KS

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Saint Francis Ministries is seeking a Social Worker to serve as a key communication link between the placing agency/service and the treatment team. This role involves case managing each client’s individual plan of care through coordination of services both within and outside the Program. The Social Worker will act as the primary liaison between the family, placing agency, Saint Francis Ministries staff, court, education personnel, and any other treatment providers. A key responsibility is facilitating essential planning meetings from the beginning to focus on discharge. The role also includes meeting with clients and families at admission, documenting bio-psychosocial histories, developing and documenting individual plans of care, participating in team decisions, facilitating parent/guardian involvement, attending team meetings, gaining personal acquaintance with clients, facilitating group counseling, liaising with families, establishing relationships with community resources, coordinating recommendations, coordinating with other treatment professionals for discharge, preparing discharge summaries, documenting outside contacts, participating in Performance Improvement and Utilization Review meetings, attending chapel and being involved in the spiritual life of the client, administering prescribed medication, being on call for emergency transportation, reporting critical incidents, implementing Saint Francis Ministries policies, reporting unusual incidents, ensuring clients' rights are protected, and following all safety procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work.
Licensed in the state of Kansas.
First Aid/CPR.
Mandt.
Must be 21 years of age.
Must pass a physical examination, including drug screen and TB Skin Test.
Must pass an MVR, KBI and Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry Clearance check.
Must have valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

Nice To Haves

Prefer experience working with children and family services.

Responsibilities

Meets with the client and family/guardian at admission to relate general rules and guidelines of the program and answer any questions they might have.
Documents the client’s bio-psychosocial history within identified time frame.
Develops and documents the individual plan of care in coordination with the client, family and placing agency.
Participates in making team decisions regarding the client program.
Facilitates orientation and involvement of parents/guardian to the treatment program and maintains a positive working relationship to engage parent support for the client.
Attends team meetings, keeping the staff up to date regarding the family situation and the client’s relationships with the community and with placement agencies.
Gains personal acquaintance with the clients, maximized at critical periods of the day
Facilitates group counseling.
Liaison with the client’s family and keeps them up to date regarding the clients care through regular telephone contact and regularly written reports.
Establishes and maintains routine relationships with community resources, school and court liaison and furnishes information to the team. Will oversee ensuring that the reporting guidelines of placing agencies are met.
Coordinates with Saint Francis Ministries team, family/guardian and placing agency regarding the recommendations for the client.
Coordinates with other treatment professionals who will be doing the follow up at discharge and coordinating discharge planning and ensuring a smooth transition of the client.
Ensures all recommendations are in place.
Prepares the discharge summary with recommendations to leave with the client at the time of discharge and mail to appropriate persons.
Documents all outside contacts in each client’s chart to communicate daily with other staff involved in the client’s care.
Participates in Performance Improvement (PI) and Utilization Review (UR) Meetings.
Attends chapel, is involved in the spiritual life of the client at Saint Francis Ministries and serves as an adult role model.
Administers prescribed medication; documents and observes it effects.
Capable of being on call for emergency transportation.
Reports critical incidents to DCF verbally within 12 hours, written within 24 hours.
Implements Saint Francis Ministries policies and follows directives as required. Follows and adheres to all pertinent Saint Francis Ministries Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), rules, personnel policies, and procedures; related accreditation and licensure standards; and federal, state and local rules, statutes, regulations, and all term of the contract between Saint Francis Ministries and DCF.
Reports unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels.
Ensures clients’ rights are protected. Makes sure all clients have received their rights and maintains a signed copy in each resident file.
Is knowledgeable of and follows all safety procedures