Full-Time

Social Services Director-Antelope Valley Care Center

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

PACS

PACS

11-50 employees

Healthcare

Junior, Mid

Palmdale, CA, USA

Category
Healthcare Administration & Support
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or in Human Services and 2 years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals.
  • MSW preferred
  • Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred
  • Ability to read technical procedures.
  • Ability to read and comprehend policy and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
  • Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
  • Ability to solve practical problems.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Responsibilities
  • 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, fears related to health conditions as well as grief related to loss of ability and/or death.
  • Assist residents with health care decisions.
  • Assist with personal shopping.
  • Assist in inventory and tracking patient belongings.
  • Coordinate response to reports of missing, lost or stolen belongings.
  • Assist in obtaining resources from community and social services agencies as well as health and welfare agencies to meet the needs of the resident.
  • Assist in securing appropriate prosthetics and assistive devices.
  • Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with other departments in the facility, and outside community agencies, so that social services can be provided to meet the needs of the residents.
  • Document regarding resident social service status.
  • Assist in making outpatient appointments as ordered and schedule on site ancillary patient services to include optometry, podiatry, dentistry and psychiatric services.
  • Assist in discharge planning with appropriate agencies, entities or individuals to include agency services, equipment and agency referrals.
  • Coordinates with interdisciplinary team.
  • Provide in service training to the staff as requested.
  • Counselling residents and family members.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

N/A

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

0%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • The successful closing of PACS Group's upsized public offering suggests potential for significant capital influx, which could drive expansion and innovation.

What critics are saying

  • The lack of detailed company information and market focus for PACS Group presents a risk of uncertainty regarding its long-term strategic direction and industry positioning.

What makes PACS unique

  • PACS Group's recent upsized public offering indicates strong investor confidence and a robust financial strategy, setting it apart from competitors with less aggressive market entry strategies.

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