SOCIAL WORKER

Company: Campbell County Health
Location: Gillette
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

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.




Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:


The ability to maintain continuing education requirements and all certifications and licenses as required
Knowledge of social work.
Able to assess, appraise, evaluate, and understand complex and technical health concepts and client functioning.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
Ability to apply concepts of fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions to practical situations.
Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously with frequent interruptions and under stressful conditions.
Analytical and reasoning skills with a prominent level of mental concentration and memory.
Excellent verbal communication skills, ability to mediate and interact with people from diverse populations.
Ability to interact positively with patients, patient families, physicians, and staff to effectively care for the patients.
Computer knowledge including the ability to enter material into electronic record. Ability to operate fax, computer, and copy machine to perform the duties of the position.
The ability to demonstrate knowledge of developmental stages and apply developmental theories/concepts when planning and implementing care for the appropriate age of the patient. Ability to maintain the appropriate level of knowledge and skills.
Must demonstrate and maintain current knowledge and skill in the following age groups:

Adult (19-64)
Geriatric (Age 65 and older)




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