Part-Time Social Worker

EPIC Rehabilitation & Nursing at White Plains•White Plains, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

EPIC Rehabilitation and Nursing at White Plains is seeking a Part-Time Social Worker to join their team. This role involves serving as a resident advocate, supporting resident rights, and facilitating residents' and families' adjustment to the facility and their limitations. The Social Worker will also enhance staff understanding of residents' psychosocial needs and serve as a liaison between residents, families, and staff. Responsibilities include visiting and interviewing residents post-admission, compiling pertinent information, preparing social/psychosocial histories and care plans, assessing discharge potential, and assisting staff in understanding psychosocial factors affecting residents. The role also involves assisting residents and families in understanding and accepting the plan of care, encouraging residents to voice concerns, and serving as a liaison with consultants and the Interdisciplinary Team. Regular review and updating of psychosocial assessments, care plans, and discharge plans are also required.

Requirements

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a related field
Minimum of two years of experience in the social services field, preferably in a nursing facility, hospital or related agency.
Pleasant personality and ability to work with residents, families, and staff from various departments.
Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Excellent communication and organization skills.
Ability to work well under pressure and be flexible.
Genuinely interested in helping ill, injured, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, & sometimes challenging residents
Work well under pressure & willing to work harmoniously with all staff

Responsibilities

Serve as resident advocate, supporting each resident’s rights in the facility.
Assist staff, residents, and their families with interpretation of resident rights.
Facilitate the adjustment of residents to the Facility and to the physical and psychological limitations which necessitated or precipitated their placement.
Assist residents and their families in understanding and gaining greater acceptance of their limitations and encourage residents to engage their strengths.
Enhance the staff’s understanding of residents’ psychosocial needs and motivations.
Serve as liaison between the residents, their families, and the facility staff.
Visit and interview residents following their admission to the nursing facility, in order to assist newly admitted residents to overcome the trauma of change in environment and to facilitate their adjustment to residence in a skilled nursing facility.
Compile, prior to and after admission, written records of pertinent information obtained from referral sources, appropriate social agencies, the resident, and/or family members.
Prepare the resident’s social/psychosocial history, the psychosocial assessment, and the Social Service Care Plan, within 14 days after admission.
Assess discharge potential and intentions of each resident, and to specify any plans for discharge from the facility on the resident’s written care plan in the medical record.
Assist the facility staff in understanding the significance of social, psychological, and economic factors in the resident’s life, and to help staff understand the implications of such factors on the resident’s life, behavior, and his/her ability to attain an optimal level of functioning.
Assist the resident and his/her family in understanding and accepting the resident’s strengths and limitations; assist the resident and his/her family in understanding the plan of care so that they may be optimally supportive of that plan of care and may participate in revision of plan of care as necessary and appropriate.
Serve as resident advocate by assisting residents in interpreting and implementing their rights and responsibilities in the facility.
Encourage residents to voice grievances and/or recommendations as desired and participate, with administrative, medical, nursing, and other personnel in seeking resolution to concerns voiced.
Serve as liaison between the resident, the psychologist consultant, and the Interdisciplinary Team as necessary and appropriate.
Review and update psychosocial assessment, care plan, and discharge plan approximately every ninety (90) days, or more often as necessary, and to record such updated assessments and plans in the residents’ medical record.