Social Services Director

OPEN POSITION

Social Services Director

Full Time, 40 hours per week, 8-hour shifts

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work or in a related human services field, and skilled long-term care experience is preferred.

$20.00 to $26.00 dependent on experience

Days

360 Canyon Ridge Drive, Wray, CO 80758

At Hillcrest Care Center & The Towers, we truly believe that creating an elder-centered community allows all generations to grow and learn from one another by creating meaningful moments every day! We aspire to sustain a genuine community that promotes growth and connection among all generations. At Hillcrest Care Center & The Towers, we strive to create a climate of trust and respect where everyone is supported.

We believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity. Our goal is to create an environment where every resident and employee feels supported, valued, and cared for.

Identify, plan, care for, and meet identified emotional and social needs of the elders at Hillcrest Care Center to improve psycho-social health and well-being in accordance with the requirements of this state and the policies and goals of this facility.

• Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, supervision, and ongoing evaluation of the Social Services Department designed to meet and assist residents in attaining or maintaining their highest practicable well-being. This includes identifying the need for medically related social services and ensuring that these services are provided in accordance with State and Federal regulations.
• Complete the social services component of the comprehensive assessment. Contribute to the social services goals and approaches to the comprehensive care plan. These goals and interventions will be individualized to match the skills, abilities, and interests/preferences of each resident in compliance with Federal and State regulations, to include identifying and promoting individualized, non-pharmacological approaches to care that meet the mental and psychosocial needs of each resident.
• Oversee preadmission services for incoming residents, to include participation in interdisciplinary evaluation of residents needs for institutional care and completion of the PASARR Level I.
• Facilitate residents’ safe transition back into the community through interdisciplinary discharge planning and arrangement of community-based services and follow-up care. Assist residents and their representatives in locating and accessing financial, legal, and other community resources.
• Coordinate implementation and oversight of procedures to ensure social services actions and interactions are adequately documented in each resident’s medical record, and that legal, ethical, and professional standards of social work practice are upheld in written recordings.
• Oversee the establishment of departmental QA procedures and modification of those procedures where appropriate.
• Oversee the process of Advance Care Planning for each resident upon admission and make sure that any Advance Directives are reviewed with the resident/resident representative on a regular basis. Ensure that staff members are made aware of the resident’s code status and end-of-life wishes and will assist with informing and educating residents and their representatives about health care options and ramifications.
• Assist residents in voicing and obtaining resolution to grievances. Review complaints and grievances made by the resident and make a written report indicating what action(s) were taken to resolve the complaint or grievance. Ensure follow through, and resolution has been completed as per facility policy. Track grievance trends and report findings as part of the facility’s QAPI program as requested.
• Participate in facility policy development to positively impact the quality of care delivered to residents.
• Ensure that staff members are knowledgeable about Resident’s Rights and encourage staff to maintain and enhance each resident’s dignity in recognition of each…