Social Services Assistant

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Social Service Assistant's primary duty is to assists the Social Service Designee with all aspects of the Social Services program.

• 1. Assist residents with daily psychosocial needs as indicated by room visits and interviews.
• 2. Attend and assist with family counsel meetings.
• 3. Attend and assist with resident interviews and documentation of resident's concerns using corporate concern forms.
• 4. Assist Social Service designee with implementation of communication boards, and other necessary quality of life issues.
• 5. Attend rehab meetings and assist with appropriate areas as assigned.
• 6. Keep accurate, updated, organized records after every client visit to ensure that there are no undocumented breaks between treatments or visits.
• 7. Answer questions about benefits that are available to individuals, or refer them to the correct organization to get help.
• 8. Discuss benefits like child care, food stamps, housekeeping, sanitation and money management to determine needs versus wants.
• 9. Review and submit reports regarding any problems with a customer or a supervisor.
• 10. Get together weekly with supervisor to brainstorm and come up with ways to improve programs for individual families within the community, and to determine better ways to serve citizens.
• 11. Interview family members or individuals to obtain a complete family history to more closely determine which services are appropriate and needed.
• 12. Oversee group activities on a daily basis and run meetings when a social worker can't be present.
• 13. Performs other related duties as required.