The Social Worker position will maintain documented progress notes of all interactions and planning of care in the resident’s chart. Additionally, the Social Services Director will provide psycho social assessments, intervention, and/or treatment and discharge planning to residents and their families to assist them in coping with their hospitalization, illness, diagnosis and/or life situation and meet the continuing needs post-hospitalization. The Social Worker position will assist residents and families to resolve personal, financial and/or environmental difficulties which interfere with the care management process as well as provide crisis intervention as needed.
Additional skills and experience candidates should possess are, but not limited to: