Team Lead Social Worker HM-SG

Christian Health Care Center•Wyckoff, NJ

13d•$85,000 - $85,000

About The Position

Christian Health is hiring a full-time Team Lead Social Worker in the Social Services department. The role provides social casework services to residents and their families, including individual, group, and family supportive and educational counseling. The Team Lead collaborates with the Director of Social Work to oversee social work practices and supervises daily operations and social work staff in the Director’s absence. The position serves adult residents ages 19–64 and geriatric residents ages 65 and older, and requires understanding and support of Christian Health’s mission. The Team Lead handles admission-related clinical documentation and coordination with insurance companies, MLTSS case managers, MCOs, and other agencies. Responsibilities also include supporting Medicaid transitions and redeterminations, PASRR and PAS processes, guardianship reporting, hospitalization and status-change notifications, utilization review, chart audits, referral coordination, resident-rights education, and care-transition support. The position also provides resident and family interviews, clinical assessments, group therapy and social skills groups, treatment-team participation, quality-improvement work, and coverage for the Director of Social Work. The schedule is 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with weekends as needed. The listed salary is $85,000 per year.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, sociology, or counseling from an accredited university.
Must be certified as a CSW or licensed as an LSW by the State of New Jersey.
Two to three years of skilled nursing or long-term care geriatric social work experience.
Knowledge of screening, assessments, and discharge planning, including the ability to locate resources and make appropriate referrals.
Valid driver’s license is preferred, not required.

Nice To Haves

Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Provide individual, group, and family supportive and educational counseling to residents and families.
Collaborate with the Director of Social Work to oversee social work practices and cover the Director’s responsibilities in her absence.
Oversee social work staff and daily operations when the Director is absent.
Connect residents with community agency resources and provide families with support, education, assistance, and referrals related to illness, treatment, hospitalization, discharge, and placement.
Maintain accurate and legible contact records for treatment-team review, comparative research, and accrediting agencies.
Interview residents, families, and significant others to obtain social histories.
Conduct resident and family interviews and group therapy; serve as primary therapist in identified cases as needed.
Prepare clinical assessments covering physical, hereditary, familial, developmental, marital, financial, occupational, personality, and relationship information as indicated.
Assist with screening potential admissions through telephone contact and record review.
Provide assistance to residents whose families cannot manage Personal Needs Allowance funds.
Attend interdisciplinary treatment-team meetings, present social assessments, and participate in treatment-plan development.
Develop and maintain a Social Services quality-improvement program and implement corrective action plans for identified deficiencies.
Demonstrate competency in restraint use through post-tests and return demonstrations.
Explain residents’ Bill of Rights to residents, sponsors, and staff, and refer complaints to the facility representative.
Participate in community activities related to mental health and aging to support recognition and treatment of mental illness and aging.
Carry out assigned QAPI responsibilities and follow policies and procedures supporting high-quality care and resident quality of life.
Complete and submit clinical updates and other documents required by insurers and accredited care organizations upon admission.
Notify MLTSS case managers of admissions, verify authorizations, and work with MCOs to correct authorization issues when needed.
Provide clinical information to case managers for face-to-face assessments.
Review PASRRs and, when needed, redo Level I and Level II screenings, obtain psychiatric sign-off, and follow up with DHMAS and/or DDD for determination letters.
Prepare detailed OCCO letters for residents converting from private pay to Medicaid, documenting history, medications, interventions, and the need for skilled nursing facility care.
Assist Finance with Medicaid redetermination communications and work with the OCCO PAS Nurse to obtain the appropriate PAS level.
Facilitate completion and timely submission of PA-4 Physician Certification forms.
Gather information for guardianship reports and work with APNs on the Certification of Examining Professional form.
Notify MLTSS of hospitalizations, falls, readmissions, changes in status, and hospice enrollment.
Complete new PASRRs for HME and SG residents following significant MDS changes or as requested for an MLTSS review.
Visit RRPH following referrals to introduce the program, evaluate placement appropriateness, and support residents’ transitions to SG and HME.
Complete precertifications for residents sent to RRPH.
Manage the MLTSS roster for HME and SG.
Run weekly utilization reviews for SG and manage Southgate utilization review for 50 residents, tracking clinical, payer, visit, behavior, medication, and discharge information.
Conduct routine chart audits for HME and SG.
Coordinate OPTUM referrals and resident orders through the benefits catalogue.
Coordinate IDC meetings and processes, including monthly elopement lists for SG and HME, and ensure unit clerks update elopement books.
Redirect SG residents as appropriate and inform staff of techniques that may help de-escalate situations.
Provide NOMNCS and ABNs to residents and families.
Provide monthly Resident Rights education at CNA Update and teach the social worker’s role and resident rights in the Nursing Assistant Training Program.
Meet with the Census Bureau during its visits.
Attend monthly HME Resident Council meetings and weekly Medicare utilization review meetings for HME residents.
Run Social Skills Groups at Southgate as needed by the population.
Demonstrate compliance with the CH ASPIRE Standards of Performance.