Social Services Coordinator

Job Opening for Social Services Coordinator is available at our Nursing Home

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.

Include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.

• The Social Services Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation 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.
• Will complete and/or delegate the completion of the social services component of the comprehensive assessment. Social Services will also contribute to and/or 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.
  
  Will orientate resident to facility along with a tour.
• Overseeing preadmission services for inbound residents, to include participation in interdisciplinary evaluation of residents needs for institutional care and completion of the PASARR Level 1.
• Facilitate residents’ safe transition back into the community through interdisciplinary discharge planning an arrangement of community based services and follow-up care. Assist residents and their representatives in locating and accessing financial, legal, and other community resources.
• 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.
• Responsible for overseeing the establishment of departmental QA procedures and modification of those procedures where appropriate.
• Oversee the process of Advance Care Planning for each resident upon admission, and make sure that any Advance Directives are reviewing with the resident/resident representative on a regular basis. Ensure that staff members are made aware of the residents’ code status and end-of-life wishes and will assist with informing and educating residents and their representatives about health care option sand ramifications.
• Will assist residents in voicing and obtaining resolution to grievances. Will review complaints and grievances made by the resident and make a written report indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the compliant or grievance. Will also gather grievance reports from other staff and ensure follow through and resolution has been completed as per facility policy. Will track grievance trends and report findings as part of the facility’s QAPI program as requested.
• Will participate in facility policy development in order to positively impact the quality of care delivered to residents.
• Ensures that staff members are knowledgeable about Resident’s Rights and encourages staff to maintain and enhance each resident’s dignity in recognition of each resident’s individuality. Also advocate for residents and assist them in assertation of their rights within the facility. When there is an allegation of suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation, Social Services will report to the Administrator and appropriate State agency, as well as will lead a thorough investigation into the allegation.
• Ensure that residents who display mental illness, or psychosocial difficulties such as coping…