Job Description
Job Description
About Us
RiverPointe Post-Acute is a premier provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation services located in Carmichael, CA. We are committed to delivering 5-Star care through a team of experienced professionals dedicated to supporting patients in their recovery journey after surgery, injury, or serious illness. Our focus on compassionate care and medical integrity creates a nurturing environment for residents, their families, and our staff. By fostering meaningful connections within our community, we continuously adapt to the evolving needs of those we serve.
Why Join Us?
At RiverPointe Post-Acute, we are passionate about creating a supportive and empowering environment for our team members. Our culture prioritizes collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance, ensuring you have the tools and opportunities to thrive both personally and professionally.
Our management team values understanding and compassion, making every effort to accommodate the unique needs of our employees. Here, you’ll find a workplace that not only recognizes your contributions but also invests in your growth, well-being, and success and where you can make a difference every day.
Position Overview:
The Director of Social Service functions to plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct social service programs in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and facility policies and procedures to ensure that the medically related emotional and social needs of each resident are met and maintained on an individual basis.
- Assist in the planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing of the social service programs of this facility.
- Participate in discharge planning, development and implementation of social care plans and resident assessments.
- Assist, as directed, in the admission process; interviewing perspective residents, families or responsible parties.
- Assist in developing and implementing policies and procedures for identifying the medically related social and emotional needs of the residents.
- Work with emotional problems including assisting residents/family with anxieties and stress caused by illness and death, and the need for institutional and specialized care.
- Assist in providing solutions for social and practical environmental problems including seeking financial assistance, discharge planning (including collaboration with community agencies), and referrals to other community agencies when specialized assistance is required.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in social work or a bachelor’s degree in a human service field (e.g., sociology, special education, rehabilitation counseling, psychology).
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker or equivalent license preferred, but not required.
- Minimum of 3 years related social services experience in a skilled nursing or long-term care setting, including aspects of discharge planning and psychosocial assessments.
For Full time, What We Offer:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
- Additional options like Accident Insurance and Hospitalization plans.
- Life and AD&D insurance included for full-time employees.
- 401(k) retirement savings.
- Paid time off: Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Leave.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Paid orientation and training programs.
We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related condition), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic predisposition or carrier status, military or veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status protected by law.
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