Bedrock Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Wedgewood is a skilled nursing facility offering short-term rehabilitation and long-term care services. Our staff is committed to providing excellent care and services in a friendly, resident-focused, home-like environment.

The facility now has an excellent opportunity for a Director of Social Services.

In this hands-on position, the Director of Social Services assumes administrative authority and accountability for the provision of medically-related social services that assist patients and residents to achieve or maintain the highest possible physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being. Services provided meet professional standards of social work practice, consistent with state and federal laws and regulations. Guides facility staff in matters of patient/resident advocacy, protection, and promotion of patients/residents’ rights. In collaboration with the Nursing Home Administrator, allocates resources efficiently and economically to provide medically related social services.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Completes, updates, or audits social service assessments as part of the comprehensive resident assessment process. Assessments identify patients/residents with current needs for social service interventions to improve or maintain functional abilities and those residents at risk of psycho-social deterioration.
• Interviews patients/residents, interested family members, legal representatives, etc. to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized plans of care, accommodate individual needs and preferences and protect and promote patient/residents’ rights.
• Works cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care. Attends care conferences. Communicates patient/resident concerns and responses to interventions to the IDT and direct care staff.
• Provides or arranges for social work or other mental health counseling services as needed to attain or maintain the highest possible mental and psycho-social well-being.
• Provides information, about community resources for the legal, financial, mortuary, and other services. Intervenes on behalf of the resident, as needed. Assists with applications for benefits and procurement of services, clothing, and personal care items from community sources outside the facility.
• Evaluates compliance with patient/resident rights throughout the facility by making rounds to monitor staff interactions with patients/residents as well as to audit charts.
• Actively participates in the long-term care survey process by instructing staff in matters of conduct and disclosure, maintaining a presence at all times surveyors are on-site, and directing the timely collection of information required by the survey team. Demonstrates concern for identified problems and undertakes effective action while a survey is in progress if appropriate. Gathers and presents supplemental documentation to avoid potential deficiencies. Collaborates with NHA to develop responses to survey reports as needed.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or Human Services; social work in long-term care facility experience is required.
• Current Social Work license in Florida preferred
• Two years of supervised social work experience working directly with the individuals in a health care setting

The company offers:

• Very competitive salary
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Voluntary benefits like Short and Long Term Disability, Hospital Indemnity, Life Insurance, etc.
• Paid time off such as paid sick, vacation, and holidays

Bedrock Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Apply today; don’t miss out on the opportunity to work with a great team of people!