Social Service Director

Our team of healthcare professionals is looking for a new member of our interdisciplinary team to fulfill the role of Social Service Director. We are a friendly team of professionals dedicated to enhancing the lives of our residents while having fun at work!

JOB SUMMARY

Full-time Social Services Director needed for our skilled nursing facility in northern Illinois. A four year college degree in a Human Services field of study, social work, psychology, sociology, counseling, etc preferred. The Social Service Director must be able to present themselves well in group settings and individual 1:1 sessions. An excellent command of the English language for both verbal and written skills is required.

The ability to multi-task is very important. Social Service Director candidates must possess strong leadership and time management skills and must have a strong desire to work with the variety and diversity of populations found in long and short term care facilities. Candidates with prior experience in long term care will be given preference. Salary commensurate with experience.

The Social Service Director will work a full-time schedule 8 hours daily with some weekends and some evening hours. The Social Service Director will participate in the Manager on Duty rotation. The Social Service Director must be able to accept and utilize professional direction, consultation and work harmoniously with their peers.

There is a considerable amount of computer work as assessments are completed in the electronic medical record. Alden Terrace of McHenry has a supportive work environment rich with resources. We will train the right personality! We have a long standing history of promoting from within and have developed many leaders in the long-term care industry. We have an excellent salary and benefits package.

Come join the Alden team of professionals!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Be available to welcome new admission residents, provide support and initiate a trusting/therapeutic relationship.

• Must be able to clearly assess and document residents’ identified feelings about LTC placement (short/long-term), emotional, mental, environmental changes or physical limitations verbalized by resident (or family), which includes any observed non-verbal communications.

• Become knowledgeable of each individual resident’s background, cultural, life history, disease, and medical care needs in detail to ensure an appropriate person-centered social service plan.

• Document interaction with and in-between resident and/or family in the assessment, care plan and/or social services notes in support of resident advocacy as required by the State standards of practice.

• Prepare a plan of care for treatment with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) based on the Comprehensive Assessment for each resident. Contribute as an integral

• member of the IDT on a continual basis and at the Resident Care Plan Conferences. This also involves documenting the social/emotional/mental needs related to the resident’s illness/disability, adjustment to placement, cognitive, emotional/mental (mood), psychosocial functioning and the absence/presence of any behaviors (verbal/nonverbal) within the supportive network, and his/her response to the treatment/rehabilitation/need for placement according to each individual residents’ case. Based upon these, the SSD will make specific recommendations to assist in the resident’s overall care and genuine well-being within the care plan for the best IDT approach.

• Initiate, facilitate, and/or participate in the written discharge plan which states the resident’s specific need to be in the facility or if the resident is expected to be able to function in a more independent setting. The discharge plan should include consultation with other disciplines, the family and of course the resident.

• Make supportive visits to residents, writing progress notes at least quarterly, earlier when there is a notable change in condition.

• Provide good rapport through active listening with residents who express the need to talk and must be available to provide supportive counseling and behavioral…