Social Worker - Guardianship and Conservatorship

Description

The Social Worker/Guardian Representative will work within an attorney's office specializing in guardian ships and conservatorships. This role involves supporting clients in navigating legal processes related to guardianship and conservatorship, ensuring compliance with state regulations, and providing guidance and advocacy for clients' best interests.

Daily duties consist of assisting the Guardian with making arrangements for the care and custody of the client (an impaired adult with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, or dementia) by making sure their daily needs are met and they are getting the care they need.

• Ensure compliance with state regulations and legal requirements
• Provide guidance and support to clients and their families
• Make decisions using best judgment in key areas of the client’s life, and follow through on decisions made for wards such as living arrangements, medical decisions, quality of life improvements, etc.
• Maintain accurate and confidential case records
• Manage and maintain a case load of clients and complete all required documentation under the supervision of the Director of Guardianship Services
• Make visits to clients within and outside their home setting (i.e., nursing home, group home, independent living, assisted living, apartment, house, public environments, etc.).
• Coordinate and/or attend inter-disciplinary care conferences
• Attend medical appointments
• Provide oversight of the client's plan of care
• Participate and attend required company meetings
• Manage multiple and conflicting schedules to ensure meetings are scheduled with required participants, locations, technology, etc.
• Ensure requests for responses and other feedback are met, proactively check deadlines on incoming requests, and use best judgment in making decisions
• Maintain confidentiality

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or related field
• Experience in legal or social services preferred
• Strong understanding of guardianship and conservatorship laws in Michigan and national guardianship standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Experience working with traumatically brain-injured or developmentally disabled individuals
• Proven ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Annual certification is required
• Able to work in challenging situations. The job includes driving to appointments and taking clients to appointments. Driver’s license and insurance required
• Able to navigate stairs
• This is an in-person role

$25 - $35 hourly

Browning & Associates, P.C. is a professional guardianship firm located in Bingham Farms, Michigan. We serve clients in the Southeast Michigan and Lansing areas.

We help adults with cognitive impairments have the best quality of life.

We support clients with decisions about all aspects of their lives: residential, financial, health, and well-being.

• Social Worker - Guardianship and Conservatorship