Social Services Designee

Avera Social Worker

Location: Yankton, SD

Worker Type: Regular

Work Shift: Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range: $20.75 - $31.50

Position Highlights

8am-4pm Monday through Friday and every fifth weekend/holiday

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Accountable for enhancing the resident's quality of life providing direct social work service and counseling to residents and families.

What You Will Do

• Visits with families, residents, prospective residents/families inquiring about facility, gives tours, and refers to Department of Social Services for financial assistance and provides follow-up.
• Coordinates admissions and discharges for long term care. Notifies all departments and parties involved, obtaining necessary information.
• Formulates plans to meet psycho/social/population specific and cultural needs, attends at risk meetings and includes residents and families when formulating plan. Provides resource information to residents and their families.
• Communicates and cooperates with multi-disciplinary care team regarding resident care in the skilled and long term care setting documenting assessments, care plans, and MDS assessments in an accurate and timely manner. Completes denials and expedited reviews.
• Assists in cleaning, organizing and maintaining resident dresser drawers and closets regularly. Orders resident clothing as needed and shops for residents as needed. Provides back up support to activities and skills rehab social services.
• Prioritizes and organizes assigned workload to facilitate completion of work in a timely manner.
• Schedules care conferences and appointments with residents and families. Attends patient care conference, writes care plans, and explains care plans to residents/families as requested.
• Participates in Quality Improvement activities and has knowledge of the department's QI indicators.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• High School or GED Equivalent

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Associate's in related field
• 1-3 years Experience in long term care social services

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org.