Nursing Home Social Worker LMSW or LBSW
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This position serves as the patient advocate, ensuring psychosocial well-being is maintained upon admission and throughout stay. This position assists residents and families in discharge planning and serves as facility Grievance Officer.Bilingual is a plus but not required.Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree from accredited college or university, preferably BSW or relatedsocial service field. State license in Social Work, if required.- Must have experience in dealing with people in crisis.- Must have knowledge of: casework process; needs of geriatric residents; medical settings, social and health resources of community, and funding resources such as Medicare, Medicaid and private insurances.- Must be sensitive to residents' physical and psychosocial needs.- Must have ability to follow oral and written instructions.- Must be a self-motivated, creative and positive personality, who demonstrateswillingness to learn new ideas and skills and is able to work as part of a team.- Must possess patience, good organizational skills, and assertiveness and be aconscientious person.- Must present a professional appearance.- Must be able to handle emotionally stressful situations day in and day out, including,but not limited to death and dying.- Must be flexible in working hours so that support during crisis situations may be provided on weekends or evenings and for facility sponsored events.- Must be able to meet all local health regulations and pass pre/post-employment physical exam if required. This requirement also includes drug screening, criminal background investigation and reference inquiry.Duties and Responsibilities:1) Informs residents, representatives and staff of patient rights. Serves as centerOmbudsman to ensure resident rights are honored.2) Assists staff to inform residents and those designated to make health care decisions about the resident's health status, treatment choices, and ramifications.3) Builds and maintains good working relationships with residents, family members, community agencies and other employees.4) Works with residents and families towards adjustment to institutional living and thecrises of illness, disability and death.5) Serves as facilities Grievance Official to ensure that all grievances are investigatedand resolved in accordance to facility grievance policy; and that appropriate followup (orally and written upon request) is made with the resident and/or family member. Ensures that any grievances meeting federal, state or local reporting requirements are reported to administrator and appropriate state agencies as required.6) Coordinates the Customer Service/Satisfaction Program at the facility.7) Maintains relationships with residents and families in order to facilitate earlyidentification of potential problems. Maintains close relationships with other departments to appropriately resolve grievances.8) Assesses and documents resident's psychosocial needs and ensures those needs are met. Makes referral to community agencies, mental health services, and ancillary services as needed.9) Educates and assists patients in executing advanced directives/advanced careplanning. Ensures that mentally incapacitated patients have a designated health care decision maker to execute their rights.10) Completes and maintains all Social Services documentation and records (See SocialServices Manual)11) Performs casework with residents and families, consisting of basic counseling,encouraging family participation, and other items as necessary to meet resident's needs.12) Responsible for initiating room changes; including notification and documentation of notification of residents, families and staff members. Prepares and supports resident throughout these changes.13) Completes the social history, psychosocial assessment, and other requiredassessments (BIMS, PHQ9) within the required time frames. Verifies completeness and accuracy of PASRR.14) Participates in the MDS/Care Planning process and document accordingly. Documents resident progress and significant concerns/events in medical record.15) Assists residents and family members in obtaining services needed to assure continuity of care after discharge. Issues transfer/discharge letters and Non-Coverage letters as required by Federal Regulations. Maintains a current community resource guide.16) Educates and assists resident and family members with financial planning.17) Participates in in-service education of staff in areas of expertise such as emotional needs of the elderly, advanced directives, and grief.18) Participates in the facilities Quality Assurance/QAPI program.19) Be familiar with admissions process to be able to assist with tours, telephone calls, and admissions as needed.20) Participates in the Utilization Review Process and issue denial/non-coverage letters accordingly.21) Organizes family council meetings at required intervals. Serves as liaison between residents, families, and facility.22) Serves as facility's Abuse Officer, as required. Report all allegations of abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation, mistreatment, and injuries of unknow origin in accordance to abuse policy and Federal and State regulations. Completes investigation of any allegations and document findings. Completes immediate and 5-day follow-up report to state agency as required. Educates staff on abuse prevention and reporting.23) Be aware of and follow all state, federal, company and center policies and procedures.24) Attends facility meetings as required.25) Keeps Administrator informed and up to date on current status of social services and significant resident/family issues.26) All other duties as assigned.Physical and Sensory Requirements: Walking, sitting, standing, reaching, stooping, bending, lifting, grasping, pushing and pulling, and fine-hand coordination. Ability to hear and respond to overhead pages. Ability to communicate with residents, families, personnel, vendors, and consultants. Ability to apply training and in-service education provided. Must present a neat, clean, professional appearance and demonstrate a positive approach with employees and residents.Every effort has been made to make your job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The above statements reflect the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.#INDCLV123