Social Work Director

Presbyterian Senior Living is a mission-driven organization that lives our values of fostering teamwork, upholding integrity, embracing innovation, and leading with compassion in all that we do. Our legacy of serving more than 6,000 older adults with respect and dignity for over 95 years supports our mission to promote wholeness of body, mind, and spirit for all that live within our communities.

If you are compassionate, driven and enjoy working with an organization that is committed to valuing the diversity of all team members, one that offers a variety of schedules, career development, excellent benefit options, and more; PSL is for you! Whether you are a nurse, caregiver, culinary professional, maintenance worker or looking for a new career, we offer a wide range of career opportunities to fit your skills and interest.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of a CSWE accredited degree program required
• Minimum Two-years of experience required
• Masters in Social Work (MSW) required
• Previous experience in the health care field preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Excel required
• Must relate well to employees, residents and visitors
• Must be reliable
• Possess exemplary follow up skills
• Excellent communications skills
• Overall professionalism
• Strong customer service skills
• Capable of working independently or as a team
• Creative thinking and positive attitude

Responsibilities and Expectations:

• Assures adequate staffing in accordance with established budgetary constraints.
• Assures that staff is qualified to provide quality resident care. Identify and promote processes that will achieve employee competency.
• Evaluates job performance of Social Worker/Social Service Designee/Coordinator, where appropriate.
• Prepares social services schedules within budgetary guidelines.
  
• Develops and maintains social services policies, procedures, objectives and standards of practice.
• Responsible for assuring residents rights are met and residents, family members and staff educated on resident’s rights as necessary.
  
• Meets with resident/family upon admission to assess and plan to meet psychosocial needs. Provides supportive counseling as needed to adequately assist resident and family through the admission process.
  
• Ensures transition of residents and their family members post-admission and during times of stress.
<>Participates in development and revision of resident handbook, resident newsletter and other community documents.
• Coaches and enables other staff to respond to resident’s emotional and/or psychological needs.
• Orients residents and families to environment and assists in adjustment through involvement in both individual and group programs.
• Coordinates discharge planning process and arranges for resident services after discharge, including: DME; nursing care; home rehabilitation, etc.
• Completes appropriate documentation upon admission, transfer, discharge, and completes ongoing progress notes at intervals required by regulations.
• Completes appropriate documentation upon admission, transfer, discharge, and completes ongoing progress notes at intervals required by regulations.
• Designs and conducts formal/informal education and/or counseling sessions for residents and family members and staff, including: intervention skills, re-motivation/ behavioral programming, orientation/coping skills and other appropriate modalities.
• Participates in the development of the social services budget.
• Maintains confidentiality and rights of resident, family, employee, and community information in compliance with Presbyterian Senior Living HIPAA policies and applicable regulations.