General Purpose

Handles pressure, objectivity, confidentiality, organization, planning, reporting skills, persistence, proactive, listening, verbal communication, and resident and their family relationships.

Essential Duties

• Establishes course of action by exploring options; setting goals with resident and their families.
• Assist residents in achieving the highest practicable level of self-care, independence and well-being.
• Provide medically related social services so that the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial wellbeing of each resident is attained or maintained.
• Evaluate social and family information, psychological and emotional needs to assist in assessing social services needs as well as develop care plans for social services issues.
• Provide emotional support and address emotional problems including assisting residents and family with difficulties in coping with physical disabilities, ...