Social Services Coordinator
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DEPARTMENT: SWM GERO PSYCH UNITFACILITY: Southwell MedicalWORK TYPE: Full Time SHIFT: DaytimeSUMMARY: The Social Services Coordinator provides for social, emotional, and psychological needs of patients and promotes continuing growth and development to the individuals' full potential.RESPONSIBILITIES:* Ensures the Psycho-social evaluations are completed in their entirety and in a timely fashion (within 72 hours of admission). * Group, individual, and family sessions are conducted and completed according to group agenda, per M.D. orders on appropriate patients as necessary. * Assist in addressing patient rights, grievances, monitoring patient/family experiences. * Completes Inquiries and Determinations of Treatments in a timely manner and passes report on any anticipated admissions to the charge nurse and program manager. * At the time of discharge, ensures social services coordinates or supervises the coordination of all anticipated needs of the patient in a timely manner, as evidenced by documentation. * Completes monthly audits of social services in compliance with CMS and Joint Commission. * Completes all state paperwork and evaluations to facilitate patients being placed into nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or personal care homes. * Serves as primary case manager for patients on the unit. * Assists in patient/family orientation to unit. * Actively participates in treatment team and is responsible for treatment plan documentation. * Encourages family participation in the plan of care to maximize rehabilitation potential. * Ensures patient and/or family signatures are on treatment care plans. * Documents in medical record and treatment care plan as required. * Coordinates unit educational activities with Program and Nurse Manager. * Facilitates the placement of patients in long term care facilities as needed/appropriate.* Provides assistance with completion and coordination of referrals including support with the referral line and communicating with referral sources and patients when needed to assist with admission process. * Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and facility regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.. * Demonstrates age-specific skills as required by position. * Offers suggestions on ways to improve operations of department and reduce costs. * Attends all mandatory education programs. * Improves self-knowledge through voluntarily attending continuing education/certification classes. * Maintains required competency levels as identified in written exams, skills checklists, skills labs, annual safety and health requirements as well as service excellence education hours requirements. * Willing to cross-train in order to better assist co-workers and to provide maximum efficiency in department. * Volunteers/participates on hospital committees, functions, and department projects. * Manages resources effectively. * Reports equipment in need of repair in order to extend life of equipment. * Makes good use of time so as to not create needless overtime.EDUCATION:* Master's Degree in Social Work CREDENTIALS: OTHER INFORMATION:* One (1) year of experience is preferred.Southwell/Tift Regional Health System, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.