Social Worker

Our Nursing Home located in Queens NY is seeking a Social Worker to join our Social Services team.

Social Worker

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and/or improving resident’s ability to control everyday physical needs and mental/psychosocial needs
• Initiating appropriate interventions for residents experiencing mental and behavioral health issues
• Identifying individual social and emotional needs
• Develop and maintains individualized care plans
• Participate in the planning of the resident’s admission, community re-entry or transfer to another facility
• Participating in interdisciplinary care plan meetings to ensure treatment of the social and emotional needs of the resident
• Work with the finance team to ensure resident is educated and the proper documents are in place for the resident during their stay
• Work with the resident on discharge and get necessary DME or home care in place so that the resident is safe when they return to the community

Qualifications/Requirements:

• BSW or MSW preferred, or Bachelors degree in related field
• At least one year experience in Social Work field required
• Experience in long term care and/or sub-acute setting preferred
• Must have experience in Minimum Dates set 3.0(MDS) Assessments and use of EMR for charting