Social Services Assistant - Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab
Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab located at 4824 South Lemay Avenue, Fort Collins, CO, is a skilled nursing facility providing a wide range of services including 24-hour skilled nursing care, physical, occupational, respiratory, speech-language therapy, secure memory units, group and individual activities, and transportation to medical appointments.
We are accepting applications for a Social Services Assistant who is available to work :
- Part Time (less than 24 hours per week)
- Weekdays and weekends
Starting wage between $15.00 / hour - $16.00 / hour (depending on experience)
Social Services Assistant :
- Support the rehab unit and assist with admissions and discharges.
- Assists and advocates for residents and their families while at our facility.
- Collaborates with the Social Workers and other facility departments as well as community resources.
- Assists residents in exercising and protecting their rights.
- Assists in creating individualized care plans for each resident.
- Assists residents and their families with resources pertaining to discharge planning and post discharge planning.
- Completion of timely and accurate case related documentation and assessments.
- Oversight of coordinating, managing, documentation and scheduling of ancillary services.
- Assists and participates in resident council and neighborhood meetings.
- Assists in scheduling Care Conferences with residents, family members, and staff.
- Assists staff in managing social and emotional factors and crisis intervention.
- Assist with audits.
- Assists Social Services department with workloads as needed.
- All other duties as assigned including and not limited to Administrative Assistant and Social Services duties.
- Follows and adheres to facility policies and procedures implementing HIPPA requirements.
- Assists in interdisciplinary meetings.
- Cooperates with expectations related to being a mandated reporter of abuse and / or neglect.
Requirements
- Associates degree in the human services field with experience in health care preferred
- Experience with the geriatric population and experience working with people with Alzheimer's disease and related memory disorders preferred.
30+ days ago