Social Worker (MSW)

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for the delivery of social services to high risk patients when admitted to Home Health. Services may include advocating residents’ rights, supportive counseling, and providing needed information concerning living units, Medicare, Medicaid, community resources and discharge planning. Offers assistance to residents and their families in the form of various support services. Accountable for compliance with State/Federal laws and regulations. Supportive of the Village’s mission, values, and service/hospitality (PRIDE) expectations. Completes training as required by policy.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Greets all new admissions and their family members.
• Completes admission assessments timely and accurately.
• Assists staff with assessing the level of care required and helps residents and families accept the new level of care.
• Performs crisis intervention with problems such as alcoholism, death, depression, anxiety and loneliness.
• Gives direct input to resident plan of care by participating in care plan meetings and formulating social service goals for each care plan.
• Works with residents in a counseling situation to help meet their psychosocial needs.
• Participates actively in discharge planning and serves as a referral source for meeting basic needs of resident returning to a different level of care/facility.
• Assists residents and their families with discharge planning and offers assistance in the form of various support services.
• Keeps abreast of current legislation, trends, resources and facilities related to the field and fulfills all requirements set forth by Federal/State regulations and laws.
• Performs accurate coding of MDS.
• Adheres to all safety regulations and requirements.
• Handles stress well and gets along with others within the workplace and with customers outside the department.
• Maintains acceptable standards of workplace conduct.

The responsibilities described above represent the primary responsibilities of the job. Other responsibilities may be assigned by the supervisor as warranted by business needs. The incumbent is expected to perform all assigned responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to determine time, place and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data; executing determinations and/or reporting on events.
• Ability to deal with individuals in terms of their total personality in order to advise, counsel, and/or guide them with regard to problems that may be resolved by legal, scientific, clinical, spiritual, and/or other professional principles.
• Ability to use body members, hand tools, and/or special devices to work, move or carry objects or materials. Involves little or no latitude for judgment with regard to attainment of standards or in selecting appropriate tool, object or materials. Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form. Deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss; ratios and percentages. Calculate variables and formulas; ratio and proportion variables. Ability to read literature, books, technical journals, and legal documents. Write journals, reports and correspondence. Conversant in persuasive speaking, discussions and debates. Ability to communicate with an interdisciplinary team and advocate for the need of the resident.

Education:

• MSW, degree in Social Work or Masters in Gerontology required.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance required.

Knowledge and Skills (required unless otherwise noted):

• Basic level knowledge of Microsoft operating system and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities at the same time.
• If working in Home Health, must be able to work autonomously.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; and deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS

• The associate is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.
• The associate is exposed to infectious diseases.
• The associate is required to function around individuals with challenged mental capacities.
• Required to drive from one location to another if necessary for services provided through the department.
• Depending on services offered in the department, this position may have “on-call” responsibilities.
• All associates may be called upon to assist other departments in a declared emergency situation.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Medium Work – Exerting up to 50 lbs of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs of force frequently, and/or up to 10 lbs of force constantly to move objects.
• The associate is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• The associate will stoop by bending spine at the waist downward and forward; kneeling on the knee to come to a rest; climb stairs and ramps, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms; and crouching downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• The associate will reach hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction; push forward, downward or outward; and lift objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position.
• The associate will walk to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• The associate will finger with whole hand or arm such as picking, pinching or typing; grasp by applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm and feel attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• The associate will talk to expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word accurately, loudly, and/or quickly; and hear sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED/GIVEN

Occasionally receives supervision from others.

Gives no supervision.

EOE/D/V

Nicotine-Free Workplace

Post-offer background check and medical screening required

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