Social Services Coordinator

Description :

Summary : Provides psychosocial support to residents and their families.

Essential Functions :

• Provides direct psychosocial intervention.
• Performs resident assessments at admission, upon condition change and / or annually.
• Creates, reviews and updates care plan and progress notes.
• Provides direct psychosocial intervention.
• Coordinates resident visits with outside services,dental, optical, etc.
• Attends and documents resident counsel meetings.
• Assists resident's families in coping with skilled nursing placement, physical illness and disabilities of the resident, and the grieving process.
• Works with the patient, family and other team members to plan discharge.
• Conducts in-service programs to educate staff regarding psychosocial issues and patient rights.
• Supervises and guides Social Services Assistants.
• Performs other tasks as assigned.

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