SOCIAL WORKER (LMSW)

PRIORITY MANAGEMENT•Weatherford, TX

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Social Worker assists with planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the facility’s social service programs. The role supports identification of residents’ medically related social and emotional needs, participates in discharge planning and resident assessments, and helps develop and implement social care plans. The Social Worker interviews residents and families to obtain family history, involves them in social service planning when possible, coordinates services with other departments, and refers residents and families to outside agencies when the facility cannot meet their needs. The position also handles required administrative documentation, arranges transportation to other facilities when necessary, communicates residents’ social, psychological, and emotional needs to medical and care team members, reviews personnel complaints and grievances, and follows established facility procedures. This is an in-person, day-shift position at College Park Rehabilitation and Care Center in Weatherford, Texas.

Requirements

Licensed Social Work License (LMSW).
Skilled Nursing Facility experience.
Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the facility’s social service programs.
Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures to identify residents’ medically related social and emotional needs.
Participate in discharge planning, development and implementation of social care plans, and resident assessments.
Interview residents and families to obtain family history.
Complete necessary forms and reports and submit them to the Director as required.
Involve residents and families in planning social service programs when possible.
Assist in arranging transportation to other facilities when necessary.
Refer residents and families to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide needed services.
Coordinate social service activities with other departments as necessary.
Interpret residents’ and families’ social, psychological, and emotional needs to medical staff, attending physicians, and other resident care team members.
Review department complaints and personnel grievances and submit written reports to the Administrator on actions taken.
Follow the facility’s established procedures.