Social Worker

Grow Your Career with CareOne’s Team as a Social Worker

Position Information

Location: New Milford, NJ

Facility: CareOne at New Milford

Hiring for shifts: Full Time

Min $25.00 - Max $40.00 per hour

Compensation will be based on, but not limited to, experience, qualifications, credentials, employment status, and work schedule

Position Requirements

• Master's Degree in Social Work or a Human Services field
• Possess a CSW or LSW within the state of operations
• 1 year of Social Work Experience
• Long term care/skilled nursing experience preferred

Practice Setting: (Sub-Acute Care, Short Term Rehab, Skilled Nursing, Long Term Care)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 1.
• Participate in an interdisciplinary team approach to better serve the needs of the Center population.
• 2.
• Provide for therapeutic intervention to help residents cope with the social and psychological aspects of their illnesses, impairments, or disabilities as well as their feelings about institutionalization and separation from family, community, physical and emotional loss.
• 3.
• Maintain written documentation in the resident medical record per the company's policy.
• 4.
• Perform an initial evaluation/assessment of each resident's psychosocial needs to be placed on the medical record.
• Written documentation at least quarterly is required for each resident.
• 5.
• Short term residents require ongoing written documentation.
• 6.
• Develop social service component of the resident's plan of care identifying specific problems, goals and approaches.
• 7.
• Participate in and coordinates per the company's policy interdisciplinary care planning conferences at the time of admission and at the required intervals, thereafter in order to assist, develop and revise the overall plan of care for residents.
• 8.
• Ensure and documents that residents and/or families have input into the care planning process.