Social Services Assistant Full-Time

Social Services Assistant - Full-Time

Oakwood Gardens Care Center
Pay Range: $19.00-$21.00 per hour, based on experience
Support Residents and Families Through Every Stage of Care

Oakwood Gardens Care Center is seeking a compassionate, organized, and resident-focused Full-Time Social Services Assistant to join our interdisciplinary team.

Under the direction of the Social Services Director, this position helps address residents' medically related emotional, social, and psychosocial needs.

The Social Services Assistant also supports care planning, discharge coordination, resident advocacy, community referrals, and communication with families.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* Assist the Social Services Director with planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating the facility's social services programs.


* Help identify and address residents' medically related social, emotional, and psychosocial needs.


* Support residents in achieving their highest practicable level of independence, self-care, and well-being.


* Assist residents and families with concerns related to illness, admission, disability, loss, anxiety, stress, and adjustment to facility life.


* Gather social and family information and assist with developing individualized social services plans.


* Complete required forms, reports, assessments, progress notes, and other documentation.


* Maintain regular social services progress notes that describe residents' adjustment and response to care plans.


* Participate in care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, and discharge-planning discussions.


* Assist with discharge planning, including community services, medical equipment, transportation, placement, and agency referrals.


* Connect residents and families with appropriate community, health, welfare, and social services resources.


* Provide general information regarding Medicare, Medi-Cal, and other assistance programs.


* Schedule outpatient appointments and coordinate on-site ancillary services, including optometry, podiatry, dentistry, and psychiatric services.


* Coordinate social services activities with Nursing, Rehabilitation, Activities, Dietary, Business Office, and other departments.


* Communicate professionally with residents, families, physicians, employees, community agencies, and outside providers.


* Participate in community planning related to residents' and families' needs.


* Assist with developing and updating department policies and procedures.


* Support departmental orientation and in-service education related to residents' emotional, medical, and social needs.


* Assist with identifying service concerns and recommending improvements.


* Participate in facility surveys and provide requested documentation as directed.


* Assist with departmental budgeting and resource planning.


* Advocate for residents' rights, dignity, preferences, and quality of life.


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