Social Service Director - Clearfield

Social Services Director

Job Description Department Social  Services Reports to Administrator

Reporting to this position

Social Worker, Social Services Assistant, Social Services Designee Job Classification Department Manager Position Purpose Plans, organizes, supervises and directs all administrative and operational activities of the Social Services Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, and the facility’s established policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications All facilities must provide medically-related social services to residents. Any facility with more than 120 beds must employ a qualified social worker on a full-time basis. The social services department must be directed by a social worker who has:

A degree in social work or another human services field to include, but not limited to, sociology, gerontology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, or psychology; orOne year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals is preferred.

Must have a valid Utah license, working toward license, able to be licensed

Major Duties and Responsibilities The Social Services Director is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, supervision and ongoing evaluation of the Social Services Department designed to meet and assist residents in attaining or maintaining their highest practicable well-being. This includes identifying the need for medically-related social services and ensuring that these services are provided in accordance with State and Federal regulations.

The Social Services Director will complete and/or direct/delegate the completion of the social services component of the comprehensive assessment. The Social Services Director will also contribute to and/or direct/delegate contribution of social services goals and approaches to the comprehensive care plan. These goals and interventions will be individualized to match the skills, abilities, and interests/preferences of each resident in compliance with Federal and State regulations, to include identifying and promoting individualized, non-pharmacological approaches to care that meet the mental and psychosocial needs of each resident.

Directing the Social Services department includes overseeing preadmission services for inbound residents, to include participation in interdisciplinary evaluation of residents needs for institutional care and completion of the PASARR Level I.The Social Services Director will facilitate residents’ safe transition back into the community through interdisciplinary discharge planning and arrangement of community based services and follow-up care. The Director will also assist residents and their representatives in locating and accessing financial, legal, and other community resources.

The Social Services Director will coordinate implementation and oversight of procedures to ensure social services actions and interactions are adequately documented in each resident’s medical record, and that legal, ethical, and professional standards of social work practice and being upheld in written recordings.

The Social Services Director is responsible for overseeing the establishment of departmental QA procedures and modification of those procedures where appropriate.

The Social Services Director will oversee the process of Advance Care Planning for each resident upon admission, and make sure that any Advance Directives are reviewed with the resident/ resident representative on a regular basis. The Director will ensure that staff members are made aware of the resident’s code status and end-of-life wishes and will assist with informing and educating residents and their representatives about…