Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

SOCIAL WORKER

ABOUT THE LEGACY LIVING AND REHABILITATION CENTER

The Legacy Living and Rehabilitation Center, part of Campbell County Health’s comprehensive system of care facilities, is a long-term care facility offering both long-term care and short-term rehabilitation services in Gillette, Wyoming. Built with our residents and their families in mind, we are committed to providing dignified care and purposeful living every day.

JOB SUMMARY

The Social Worker provides social services to attain or maintain the highest practicable, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident. Works with care management team to ensure provision of quality services along the continuum of care, decrease fragmentation, enhance the resident’s quality of life, efficiently use resident care resources, maximize cost containment opportunities, and improve successful transitions of care. Reflects CCH mission, vision and values. The Social Worker will integrate departmental goals for improvement across the care continuum.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Participates with the Interdisciplinary team in the resident assessment process, including but not limited to completion of MDS per facility and federal guidelines, coordinating overall plan of care meetings and writing and updating of the resident’s care plan.
• Provides leadership through coordination of Overall Plan of Care meeting (OPC), staff education, modeling mission/vision/standards, development/revision of policies, QAPI processes, and contribution to facility goals.
• Coordinates all plan of care meetings (OPC and Baseline Care Plan Meetings).
• Social Services team will verify the presence and correctness of the DPOA with the family and or resident and make any necessary changes in the medical record.
• Coordinates and/or facilitates the grievance process.
• Assist in the completion of PASSR state requirements.
• Actively participates in facility committees and quality improvement program, including facilitating successful plans of correction, performance improvement projects, and initiatives to improve resident life or resident care
• Maintains compliance with CMS standards by maintaining accreditation readiness.
• Coordinates communication with other departments, residents and families regarding continued social service issues including referrals to outside resources as needed to meet the residents’ needs.
• Maintains professional relationships with other departments, external organizations, service providers, physicians and families of patients.
• Provides service excellence to all customers in accordance with AIDET, Excellence Every Day and Standards of behavior.
• Maintain skills through continuing education.
• Adheres to CCH policies and procedures.
• Practices fiscal responsibility and accountability.
• Must be free from governmental sanctions involving health care and/or financial practices.
• Complies with the organization’s Corporate Compliance Program including but not limited to the Code of Conduct, laws and regulations and CCH policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Education
  • Bachelors degree in Social Work or human service field
• Licensure
  • None required
• Experience
  • Minimum 1 years experience in social service work
• Certifications required
  • See Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certification Policy and Certifications/Education Requirements Policy.

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