Social Worker

Marlborough Hills Rehabilitation & Health Care Center•Marlborough, MA

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Marlborough Hills Rehabilitation & Skilled Care Center is hiring full-time social workers to join our social services department! Must possess an LSWA, LSW, LCSW, or LICSW in Massachusetts. Weekly pay ranges from $35 to $40, depending on license. Marlborough Hills is an 186-bed skilled nursing facility. 32 hours. As a Social Worker, your role is to plan, organize, develop, and direct all required social services to meet residents' needs and ensure that residents' medically related emotional and social needs are met and maintained.

Requirements

Must possess an LSWA, LSW, LCSW, or LICSW in Massachusetts.
Must possess, as a minimum, a bachelor's in social work from an approved school of social work.
Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and general public.
Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm, as well as being willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level in which they are currently functioning.
Must possess the ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing Social Service practices.
Must be able to relate information concerning a resident’s condition/incident to the Interdisciplinary Team as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Experience with substance use disorder and/or behavioral services preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and monitor resident care conferences.
Work with individual residents, responsible parties, and families towards adjustment to placement and to crisis (i.e., illness, disability, and death).
Complies with facility Privacy Practices policies and procedures and protects residents’ individual health information.
Complete comprehensive documentation in a timely manner.
In the role of advocate coordinate personal needs.
Utilize community resources appropriately.
Support staff in relation to resident-related issues.
Other duties deemed appropriate and assigned by your supervisor.