Director of Social Services

Jaffrey Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is the home where people work together to make great things happen every day. We offer a pleasant, family-friendly environment and a wonderful reputation providing services to our residents, families and local community. TEAMWORK * EXCELLENT BENEFITS * STABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT Duties and Responsibilities: Demonstrates knowledge of age specific developmental factors specific to adult and geriatric residents (i.e. physical, cognitive, and socialization factors) in planning social services programs. Demonstrates knowledge, skills, and techniques necessary to plan social services programs for residents with the following needs: therapeutic, neurological and dementia, dialysis, IV therapy, and infectious diseases if applicable. Promptly follows-up on admission inquiries, evaluates and assesses the needs of prospective residents to determine appropriateness of facility placement Maintaining and/or improving resident's ability to control everyday physical needs and mental/psychosocial needs Identifying individual social and emotional needs Developing and maintaining individualized care plans Participating in the planning of the resident's admission, community re-entry or transfer to another facility Participating in interdisciplinary care plan meetings to ensure treatment of the social and emotional needs of the resident Work with the finance team to ensure resident is educated and the proper documents are in place for the resident during their stay Work with the resident on discharge and get necessary DME or home care in place so that the resident is safe when they return to the community Qualifications: Experience as a Director of Social Work in a large LTC setting preferred BSW or MSW preferred, or Bachelors degree in related field, or one year of supervised social work experience in a health setting working directly with individuals. At least one year experience in Social Work field required Benefits: Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Retirement plan Paid time off #HP24

Created: 2024-11-12