Job Overview
Watsontown Nursing and Rehabilitation is now hiring a Social Worker. Apply today for an immediate interview.
The Social Worker provides medically related social services to assigned caseload that assist the residents to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being. Services provided must meet professional standards of social work practice, consistent with state and federal laws and regulations.
Job Duties:
- Gathers information and conducts pre-admission screening of individuals seeking admission to the facility, including persons with mental health illness, according to facility admissions criteria.
- Interviews residents, interested family members, legal representatives, and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized plans of care and to protect and promote residents’ rights.
- Completes and updates social service assessments for assigned residents as part of the comprehensive resident assessment process. Assessments identify residents with current needs for social service interventions to improve or maintain functional abilities and those residents at risk of psycho-social deterioration.
- Guides facility staff in matters of resident advocacy, protection, and promotion of residents’ rights.
- Completes assigned sections of the RAI (MDS, Triggers, RAPs) in a timely manner per established scheduled.
- Act as Care Plan Coordinator as assigned.
- Works cooperatively with members of interdisciplinary team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care. Communicates resident concerns and responses to interventions to interdisciplinary team members and direct care staff.
Job Qualifications:
- Degree from an accredited school or program in Social Work or Social Welfare
- Current Social Work License
- 1 year of social work experience in a healthcare setting
- Gerontology experience preferred
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
