Social Worker

Chandler Hall Health Svcs • Newtown Township, PA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Chandler Hall, a non-profit, Quaker facility, provides high-quality care for older adults in Newtown, Bucks County, and offers a wide spectrum of services for individuals at all stages of the aging process including Community Living, Personal Care, Home Hospice, Independent Living, Respite Care, and Skilled Nursing Care. We currently have an opportunity for a Social Worker in our 53-bed Skilled Nursing Home.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field (Psychology, Sociology, etc.)
• Experience in Long-term care

Responsibilities

• Maintains the confidentiality of all resident care information and treats all residents fairly and with kindness, dignity, and respect.
• Attends, participates, and leads scheduled programs, training, and activities.
• Learns continuously by attending all in-services, seminars, and various meetings as applicable to always remain in compliance with best practice State and Federal regulations.
• Completes all assessments on time and attends all care conferences for designated residents.
• Enable residents to see causes, connections, and implications, create sound plans; solve problems effectively; set priorities, and make decisions for the good of the whole based on analysis, experience, and judgment.
• Maintains family involvement with residents by facilitating and encouraging this involvement and notifying families of resident issues and concerns.
• Completes insurance updates for residents with the most current information and gathers information from the Interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to navigate the MDS, care plans, and point of care to input assessments and to investigate a resident's care.
• Proactively anticipate and identify potential problems, issues, and opportunities by monitoring the resident's adjustment to facility living, health, treatment plans, and goals.
• Participates in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
• Assist, develop, and revise the departmental policies, procedures, and forms applicable to the social worker’s functions.
• Scheduling and facilitating the care conferences.
• Completing 48 baseline care plan reviews with families/residents
• Maintaining the concern log.
• Completing trauma-informed care plans/documentation
• Back up for MDS coordinator with insurance updates
• Provide ongoing psycho-social support to residents and families.

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Paid introductory and on-going training
• Free gym membership
• Discounted onsite childcare
• Low-cost employee meal plan at employee café
• Employee Assistance Program
• No cost annual flu shots

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level