Social Worker - Latitude Inc
Rockville, MD 20850
About the Job
Looking for a Social Worker that wants to work for an assisted living and nursing home.
Duties
- Develop relationships and collaborate with primary care teams to conduct social services assessments to determine the appropriate needs for each member.
- Plan, coordinate, manage, and implement support packages to help members deal with socioeconomic and medical barriers.
- Navigate managed care plans for community services and programs.
- Experience in a health care setting and/or with older adults.
- This individual provides medically-related social services to assist residents in maintaining or improving their ability to manage their physical, mental, and social needs.
- The social services worker serves as a resident advocate and works in coordination with the interdisciplinary team to conduct clinical assessments, identify resident needs, develop appropriate goals and care plan interventions, help residents/families navigate community systems and resources, and coordinate discharge plans.
- Assists staff members in evaluating, understanding, and meeting resident psychosocial needs.
- Functions as a resident advocate, upholds resident rights, promotes resident choice and dignity.
- Helps residents/families deal with the impact of disability, illness, and transition to the SNF or alternative placement on individual and family functioning.
- Conducts initial resident psychosocial assessments and social histories.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience is required.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Social Work is required.
- Licensed Social Worker in Maryland is required.
- Covid Vaccine is required.
- Proficiency in core clinical competencies including assessments, systems and community resource navigation, communication/education/support job functions.
- Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with an interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to plan, organize, develop, and implement programs and goals to provide optimum resident care.
- Proven written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrates professional work habits including regular attendance.
- Working knowledge of computer technology.
- Meets all local health regulations, including background checks and reference inquiry
- Must be capable of performing the essential functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Knowledge of Medicare and Maryland Medicaid is a plus.
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Source : Latitude Inc