Social Worker; MSW

Social Worker (MSW) – John Knox Village

Responsible for the delivery of social services to high‑risk patients when admitted to Home Health. Services may include advocating residents’ rights, supportive counseling, and providing needed information concerning living units, Medicare, Medicaid, community resources and discharge planning. Offers assistance to residents and their families in the form of various support services. Accountable for compliance with State/Federal laws and regulations. Supports the village’s mission, values, and service/hospitality (PRIDE) expectations.

Completes training as required by policy.

• Full‑time, exempt
• 32 hours per week
• Home Health

• Greets all new admissions and their family members.
• Completes admission assessments timely and accurately.
• Assists staff with assessing the level of care required and helps residents and families accept the new level of care.
• Performs crisis intervention with problems such as alcoholism, death, depression, anxiety and loneliness.
• Gives direct input to resident plan of care by participating in care plan meetings and formulating social service goals for each care plan.
• Works with residents in a counseling situation to help meet their psychosocial needs.
• Participates actively in discharge planning and serves as a referral source for meeting basic needs of resident returning to a different level of care/facility.
• Assists residents and their families with discharge planning and offers assistance in the form of various support services.
• Keeps abreast of current legislation, trends, resources and facilities related to the field and fulfills all requirements set forth by Federal/State regulations and laws.
• Performs accurate coding of MDS.
• Adheres to all safety regulations and requirements.
• Handles stress well and gets along with others within the workplace and with customers outside the department.
• Maintains acceptable standards of workplace conduct.

• Ability to determine time, place and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data; executing determinations and/or reporting on events.
• Ability to deal with individuals in terms of their total personality in order to advise, counsel, and/or guide them with regard to problems that may be resolved by legal, scientific, clinical, spiritual, and/or other professional principles.
• Ability to use body members, hand tools, and/or special devices to work, move or carry objects or materials. Involves little or no latitude for judgment with regard to attainment of standards or in selecting appropriate tool, object or materials.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form. Deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to compute discount, interest, profit and loss; ratios and percentages. Calculate variables and formulas; ratio and proportion variables.
• Ability to read literature, books, technical journals, and legal documents. Write journals, reports and correspondence. Conversant in persuasive speaking, discussions and debates.
• Ability to communicate with an interdisciplinary team and advocate for the need of the resident.

• MSW, degree in Social Work or Masters in Gerontology required.

• Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance required.
• Licensed MSW in Kansas and Missouri.

• Basic level knowledge of Microsoft operating system and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities at the same time.
• If working in Home Health, must be able to work autonomously.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and…