Social Worker Skilled Nursing

Overview
As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the Social Worker provides services to respond to the emotional needs of residents and their families. This employee also assists with resident admissions and the referral process.

Resident Support Services:

• As part of the admission process, meet with the resident and family to review policies on advanced directives, resident rights, and discrimination; Assist in completing admissions paperwork as needed for newly admitted residents and families.
• Conduct and document a social services evaluation, including identification of resident problems/needs; Provide/arrange for social work services as indicated by resident/family needs, transfers, and changes of level assignment.
• Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of social work practice in job situations; able to establish criteria to assure that services provided meet established standards of quality.
• Demonstrate satisfactory level of interpersonal skills to interact with residents, families, community, and interdisciplinary staff.
• Demonstrate assessment skills sufficient to evaluate residents’ behavior, data collected to evaluate psychosocial needs, risk factors for psychosocial deterioration, and residents’ responses to interventions; interpret and explain resident behavior to staff in a way that fosters understanding, facilitates treatment and respect for resident rights, and minimizes the use of chemical and physical restraints.
• Ability to complete the RAI process in a timely manner and maintain/update care plans as needed to meet resident needs; assist to coordinate family meetings and facilitate such meetings to ensure residents and families are kept informed of condition changes and interventions.
• Ability to implement social service interventions that achieve treatment goals, address resident needs, and link social supports, physical care, and physical environment to enhance quality of life.
• Track PASARR screenings, OBRA screenings, and other related mental health screenings to assist the resident in maintaining good financial status and nursing home eligibility.
• Ability to express self adequately in written and/or oral communication and to communicate effectively in an interdisciplinary care setting with residents, families, and staff members.
• Carry out all duties in accord with the facility mission and philosophy; Demonstrate knowledge of, and respect for, the rights, dignity, and individuality of each resident in all interactions; Appreciate the importance of maintaining confidentiality of resident and family information; Demonstrate honesty and integrity at all times in the care and use of resident and facility property.
• Ensure that the quality and appropriateness of resident care meets or exceeds company and industry standards, and that all services are in compliance with state, federal, legal, regulatory, accreditation, and reimbursement guidelines.
• Maintain effective relationships and open communication with residents, families, and staff.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Master’s Degree preferred. One year supervised social work experience working directly with individuals in a long-term or sub-acute care rehabilitation facility required.
• Currently licensed as Social Worker in State of Michigan.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements.
• Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, etc.).
• Strong organizational, analytical, oral communication, and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of social work practice in job situations.
• Current knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations that apply to the practice of social work in long-term care.

Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; ability to communicate orally and through written reports and other documents relating to patient, staff, and others; and ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of executives, managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in statistical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each key function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key functions.

Leadership
Demonstrate willingness to take risks; generate new ideas for change; evaluate and recognize priorities; select effective team members and challenge others to learn; keep current and integrate new information; communicate and model organization values; foster high performance; and recognize need for, and provide, adequate resources.

Process Improvement
Apply PI principles, tools, and techniques; assist in data collections; identify processes for improvement in daily work; and education new staff in team processes.

Interpersonal Skills
Demonstrate active listening techniques; gain support through effective relationships; treat others with dignity and respect; seek feedback; set clear standards for performance; evaluate job performance and provide effective feedback; establish systems to measure effectiveness, efficiency, and service; create and maintain reporting mechanisms.

Continuing Education
Attend in-service and educational programs; attend continuing education required for maintenance certification.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand and walk; the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear; occasional physical effort with light to medium objects weighing 10 to 15 pounds is required; specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Riverview Health Rehab is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Decisions regarding employment will be based solely on the individual's qualifications as they relate to a particular job vacancy and to promote an environment of equal employment opportunity. There will be no regard given to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap or veteran's status or any other protected class as defined by law. This policy applies to all policies and procedures relating to recruitment and hiring, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Questions or concerns should be referred to Riverview Health’s Director of Workforce Development.