Social Worker

Care One•Hanover Township, NJ

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Social Worker is responsible for participating in an interdisciplinary team approach to serve the needs of the Center population. This role provides therapeutic intervention to help residents cope with social and psychological aspects of their illnesses, impairments, or disabilities, as well as their feelings about institutionalization and separation from family, community, and loss. The Social Worker will maintain written documentation in the resident medical record, perform initial psychosocial needs assessments, and provide ongoing documentation for short-term residents. A key responsibility is developing the social service component of the resident's plan of care, identifying problems, goals, and approaches. The Social Worker will also participate in and coordinate interdisciplinary care planning conferences, ensuring resident and/or family input into the care planning process. This role acts as a liaison between residents, families, outside agencies, and the Center Administrator to uphold resident rights. Additionally, the Social Worker is responsible for conducting family meetings, facilitating discharge planning, ensuring the safety of Center customers, coordinating admissions through referrals, developing relationships with referral sources, verifying insurance coverage, and conducting facility tours.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Social Work or a human services field
Possess a CSW or LSW within the state of operations
1 year of Social Work Experience

Nice To Haves

Long term care/skilled nursing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Participate in an interdisciplinary team approach to better serve the needs of the Center population.
Provide for therapeutic intervention to help residents cope with the social and psychological aspects of their illnesses, impairments, or disabilities as well as their feelings about institutionalization and separation from family, community, physical and emotional loss.
Maintain written documentation in the resident medical record per the company's policy.
Perform an initial evaluation/assessment of each resident's psychosocial needs to be placed on the medical record. Written documentation at least quarterly is required for each resident.
Short term residents require ongoing written documentation.
Develop social service component of the resident's plan of care identifying specific problems, goals and approaches.
Participate in and coordinates per the company's policy interdisciplinary care planning conferences at the time of admission and at the required intervals, thereafter in order to assist develop and revise the overall plan of care for residents.
Ensure and documents that residents and/or families have input into the care planning process.
Act as a liaison between residents, families and outside agencies and the Center Administrator to ensure the resident rights are maintained and upheld.
Responsible for conducting family meetings as needed i.e. new admission group meetings, support group, family and friends council.
Facilitate discharge planning including the development of an organized discharge plan for all residents.
Concern self with the safety of all Center customers in order to minimize the potential for fire and accidents.
Coordination of admissions to the facility through generating referrals.
Developing and maintaining relationships with area referral sources.
Verifying insurance coverage through computer systems or verbal authorization.
Conducting tours of the facility for all outside interested parties.