About this role
Description
Summary: Provides psychosocial support to residents and their families.
Essential Functions:
- Provides direct psychosocial intervention.
- Performs resident assessments at admission, upon condition change and/or annually.
- Creates, reviews and updates care plan and progress notes.
- Provides direct psychosocial intervention.
- Coordinates resident visits with outside services,dental, optical, etc.
- Attends and documents resident counsel meetings.
- Assists resident's families in coping with skilled nursing placement, physical illness and disabilities of the resident, and the grieving process.
- Works with the patient, family and other team members to plan discharge.
- Conducts in-service programs to educate staff regarding psychosocial issues and patient rights.
- Supervises and guides Social Services Assistants.
- Performs other tasks as assigned.
Requirements
Qualifications:
Education:
- BSSW, MSSW preferred
Licenses/Certification:
- Licensing as required by the state of employment
Experience:
- One year of experience in a long term care environment.