Social Services Designee

Willow Ridge Healthcare is an established organization in the long term care, rehabilitation, and assisted living industries focused on improving the lives of those we serve in our communities. Dignity, respect and integrity are the core values of our dedicated team.

We are seeking a Social Worker / Social Services Designee to join our team of exceptional and motivated caregivers. We are looking for individuals that want to make a difference in the lives of those around them, want to be challenged and rewarded.  

Some Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Develops and updates social services policies and procedures that reflect the philosophy and mission of the facility and professional standards of social work practice. 
• Communicates with Administrator to discuss resident care and recommends types of social services personnel needed to meet resident needs in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. 
• Actively participates in long term care survey process by instructing staff in matters of conduct and disclosure, maintaining a presence while surveyors are on-site and directing the timely collection of information required by the survey team. Collaborates with Administrator to develop responses to survey report as needed. 
• Utilizes community resources to assist resident to resume life in community or to learn to live within limits of disability. 
• Provide in-service training for facility staff and the community as requested. 
• Assist with facility marketing through outreach and public speaking engagements. Provides relevant financial information to facility administrator regarding department financial needs and status. 
• Completes and updates or audits social service assessments 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.
• Works cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care. Attends care conferences. Communicates resident concerns and responses to interdisciplinary team members and direct care staff. 

Required Skills and Abilities include:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing. Past experience in a health care setting preferred. Knowledge of state regulations preferred. 

Our excellent benefit offerings helps makes us an employer of choice which include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Supplemental benefits; Accident, Critical Illness and Short Term Disability
• Generous 401k Employer Match
• Tuition Reimbursement