Crossroads Care Center of Pewaukee is looking to add an additional Social Worker to our team!!
Monday - Friday schedule
Social Worker Job Benefits
Competitive Pay.
Health Insurance including Dental and Vision.
Paid Time Off for Sick, Holiday, and Vacation Days.
Employer Matched 401k.
Daily Pay.
Employee Perks Website.
Social Worker Job Qualifications:
Must have experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility.
Current WI Social Worker License.
1-2 years experience in Social Work within healthcare (preferred).
Previous leadership experience (preferred).
Social Worker Job Overview:
The primary purpose of the Social Worker is to assist in planning, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the overall operation of our facility’s Social Services Department in accordance with federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, our established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the Administrator, to assure that the medically related emotional and social needs of the resident are met/maintained on an individual basis.
Social Worker Job Responsibilities:
Review facility policies and procedures as part of the facility’s interdisciplinary team to assure compliance with state and federal regulations
Participate in reviewing and setting policies concerning resident care and quality of life
Participate in developing facility social work policies
Participate in quality assurance interdisciplinary team meetings
Understand and meet all government requirements for social service documentation
Document progress in meeting the psychosocial needs of residents
Work with the interdisciplinary team and administration to promote and protect resident rights and the psychological wellbeing of each resident. Prevent and address resident abuse as mandated by law and professional licensure
Work with residents, families, significant others and staff to provide support, information and organization for taking a more proactive role in self advocacy to improve quality of life/care for individual residents and those who live and work within the nursing home
and the community at large
Complete a social history and psychosocial assessment for each resident that identifies social, emotional, and psychological needs
Participate in the development of a written, interdisciplinary plan of care for each resident that identifies the psychosocial needs/issues of the resident, the goals to be accomplished for those needs/issues, and the appropriate social worker interventions
Ensure or provide therapeutic interventions to assist residents in coping with their transition and adjustment to a long-term care facility, including their social, emotional, and psychological needs
Ensure or provide support and education to residents’/family members/significant others to assist in their understanding or placement and facility issues in addition to referring them to appropriate social service agencies when the facility does not provide the needed services
Provide groups for residents’/family members/significant others as appropriate to their needs
Provide clinical interventions to address catastrophic events that occur during the resident’s stay in the facility
Coordinate the resident discharge planning process and make referrals for appropriate home care services prior to the resident’s return to the community
Educate staff regarding the role of the social worker in the facility and the psychosocial
needs of the residents and their families/significant others including the problems of aging and disability
Educate staff regarding cultural diversity and each staff member’s importance when caring for resident. Educate staff regarding residents’ rights and how to recognize and prevent abuse, neglect and mistreatment
Educate residents and families/significant others regarding their rights and responsibilities, effective problem solving and the extent of community, health and social services that are available to them, including those necessary for effective discharge planning.
Supervise students assigned to social services in accordance with the respective school guidelines and monitor and document the progress of their work.
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Seniority level
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Employment type
Full-time
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Hospitals and Health Care
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