Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
The Social Worker acts as a resident advocate and plans, organizes, and directs the overall operation of
the Social Service Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards.
- Develop, implement, and direct all social services functions.
- Ensure an on-going Quality Assurance program and develop and implement appropriate plans of action to
- correct deficiencies.
- Consult with and coordinate social services activities with other departments and implement changes as
- required.
- Ensure that necessary forms, reports, and progress notes are properly completed and contain informative
- descriptions of the services provided and the residents responses to the services.
- Participate in community planning, discharge assessments and discharge plans that meet the needs of the
- facility, the residents and their family.
- Coordinates social services programs with the residents and their families, staff members, and community
- agencies through interviews, consultations and direct involvement in the programs.
- Provide information to family of the resident’s concerning available support agencies and financial assistance
- programs to meet the needs of the residents.
- Maintain resident confidentiality; treat residents with kindness, dignity, and respect, know and comply with
- Resident’s Rights rules.
- Monitor social services to ensure that the residents emotional and social needs are met; ensure that all
- personnel are knowledgeable about residents emotional and social needs.
Requirements:
- Licensed Social Worker in the state of Texas in good standing and current.
- Long-term healthcare experience preferred.
- Must be capable of maintaining regular attendance and working long and irregular hours, often under pressure conditions.
- Must be capable of performing the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Must demonstrate effective communication skills with team members regarding projects, goals, objectives, and successes both verbally and written.
- Strong working knowledge of computer systems.