As part of the admission process, meet with the resident and family to review policies on advanced directives, resident rights, and discrimination.Conduct and document a social services evaluation, including identification of Resident problems/needs.Provide/arrange for social work services as indicate by resident/family needs.Assist residents, as needed, with financial planning.Keep the resident's family informed of resident problems, personal needs, transfers, and changes of level assignment.Maintain a current list of community resources to facilitate referrals.Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of social work practice in job situations. Able to establish criteria to assure that services provided meet established standards of quality.Demonstrate satisfactory level of interpersonal skills to interact with residents, families, community and interdisciplinary staff.Demonstrate assessment skills sufficient to evaluate residents' behavior, to collect data to evaluate psycho- social needs, risk factors for psycho- social deterioration and residents' responses to interventions. Able to interpret and explain resident behavior to staff in way that fosters understanding, facilitates treatment and respect for resident rights and minimizes use of chemical and physical restraints.Implement social service interventions that achieve treatment goals, address resident needs, link social supports, physical care and physical environment to enhance quality of life.
