The primary role of the Float Social Worker is to coordinate, supervise and facilitate the delivery of Social Work Services, as provided by facility or facility contracted staff, to all residents of the Facility, and in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations and professional standards. The role will support multiple iCare Facilities as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct face to face resident interviews and assessments of resident cognitive, mood, behavioral status in addition to other psychosocial factors.
- Participate in planning for resident discharges.
- Available to respond to clinical emergencies, regulatory agency visits, surveys and issues outside of normal work hours as needed.
- Direct and supervise the delivery of medically related social services to all residents of the facility, as well as their family members and significant others as needed.
- As needed, participate in the clinical evaluation and screening of potential admissions to the facility.
- Work in collaboration with the facility interdisciplinary treatment team in accessing information regarding, and as appropriate making referral to, community based services for residents who wish to access such services.
- Serve as a facility treatment team liaison with facility contracted mental health practitioners and consultants.
- Actively participates in developing and implementing new behavioral and psycho social service programs and the presentation of such programs to physicians, family members, and residents.
Bachelor’s Degree in Social work or related human services field, required.
A minimum of one years’ experience in long term care providing direct social services, preferred but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
- Generous salary, commensurate with experience
- Benefits program, includes health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid Time Off, including vacation, personal, and sick time
- 401(k) Retirement program
- Short and Long-term disability insurance
- Collaborative work environment
About the company
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iCare Health Network (IHN) provides management, operating and consulting services to skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare providers. Through its managed facilities IHN offers a range of services including medical, short-term rehabilitation, long-term care, behavioral health, substance use management, and memory care & support services.
IHN manages eleven sites in Connecticut; including four Touchpoints Rehab centers, six Greater Hartford Memory Care Centers, and SecureCare Options/60 West; and a site in western Massachusetts known as MissionCare at Holyoke. IHN also offers LTC Integrity audit tools, separate outpatient therapy, rehabilitation and home care units and specializes in healthcare real estate transactions and skilled nursing turnarounds.
iCare Health Network's four Touchpoints Rehabilitation centers offer a full range of inpatient and outpatient programming including the specialty areas of Cardiac, Pulmonary, Neurologic and Orthopedic recovery.
IHN promotes Continuous Quality Improvement in all of its facilities through management programs which emphasize an increase of quality care; customer satisfaction; employee empowerment; and teamwork. iCare manages ten sites in Connecticut, as well as separate outpatient therapy, rehabilitation and home care units.
Core Values
- Our pursuit of lifelong EDUCATION will provide us the opportunity to learn the best ways to care for our residents.
- By focusing our care delivery on NURTURANCE, we will become the best caregivers for our residents.
- The highest level of individual RESPECT should be provided to our residents, and to each other.
- By using INNOVATION to reach our service delivery goals, our customers will have greater benefit.
- A mutually shared COMMITMENT to our mission, between ourselves and the customers we serve, will result in our becoming the best at serving those customers.
- The physical, emotional and spiritual HEALTH of our residents and patients is our ultimate goal.