Social Services Director
Company: SKLD Leonard
Location: Grand Rapids
Posted on: October 2, 2024
Job Description:
Description:Position Summary:In keeping with our organization's
goal of improving the lives of the residents we serve, the Director
of Social Services manages the day-to-day operations of the Social
Services Department and is responsible for the overall
administration, coordination, and evaluation of the social services
function to meet and maintain the mental and psychosocial
well-being for each resident.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for keeping up-to-date evaluation documentation on
each resident's activities at the facility which complies with
Federal, State, and Local regulations.
- Attends scheduled care conferences and identifies and
interprets psychosocial needs of Residents for inclusion in the
care plan, addressing issues of schedule, treatment and environment
that express and reinforce individuality and identity.
- Assists with the coordination, intake, admission, and resident
transfer within the facility.
- Coordinates the inspection of resident's belongings to ensure
they are properly labeled and inventoried.
- Attends interdisciplinary team and unit care conferences,
assesses residents for psychosocial groups, and supervises
implementation and documentation.
- Mediates issues that arise among residents, families, and
staff.
- Ensure completion of any required components of DPOA or
guardianship paperwork.
- Coordinates services with psychiatric providers.
- Coordinates services with OBRA.
- Provides linkage with appropriate community resources by
maintaining knowledge of other systems, making referrals, and
identifying unmet needs (e.g., recreational transportation,
adaptive phone equipment, etc.).
- Develops a comprehensive discharge plan in collaboration with
residents, residents' families, multidisciplinary staff, and
referral agencies.
- Provides informal counseling when needed to uncover any
problems which might interfere with the residents' socialization
and participation in activities.
- Establishes, develops, maintains and updates filing system for
the social services department.
- Responsible for operating the social services department within
budgetary guidelines and limitations.
Supervisory Responsibilities:Supervises employees in the department
and others for whom they are administratively or professionally
responsible by following policies and applicable laws. Uses
independent judgment and discretion on behalf of the organization
in the performance of these duties.Supervisory responsibilities
include:
- Interviews, hires, and trains employees.
- Schedules, plans, assigns, and directs work.
- Receives calls and finds replacements for absent staff.
- Prepares performance evaluations.
- Approves errors in timecards or other timekeeping records.
- Receives and resolves employee complaints.
- Monitors and corrects job performance of employees, including
completing annual performance evaluations.
- Disciplines employees up to and including
discharge.Requirements:Required/Desired Qualifications:Education,
Training, and Experience:
- If the facility has 120 beds or more, this position requires a
minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work or another human
services field, and
- One year of supervised social work experience in a health care
setting working directly with individuals.
- If the facility has less than 120 beds, this position strongly
prefers a minimum of a bachelor's degree in social work or another
human services field, and
- One year of supervised social work experience in a health care
setting working directly with individuals.
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Keywords: SKLD Leonard, Midland , Social Services Director, Executive , Grand Rapids, Michigan
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