Nesbit Living and Recovery Center offers a living alternative to a very special group of people, our senior citizens. We feel there is no other senior community in the area that compares in quality, either in living accommodations or in our outstanding professional staff. Our goal is to fulfill the living needs of our residents, to give them an enriched lifestyle, a better quality of life and the opportunity to share new experiences and activities in new surrounds. We have provided a comfortable environment for our residents and have included the elements of privacy, security, and convenience.

We are looking for an emotionally intelligent Part or Full Time Licensed Social Worker to act as advocate and help people foster their capacities and coping mechanisms in order to improve and better their daily lives and experiences, within specified standards and timescales.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES:

• Performs resident admission tasks such as: telephone or personal inquiries, tours,
  and admission contracts if necessary
• Assist residents transferring home or to another institution
• Serves as the ombudsman for the facility's residents
• Performs social service assessments on each resident from which and individualized
  Care Plan is written
• Prepares social service progress notes quarterly on each resident
• Coordinated outpatient appointments to include transportation
• Assist residents in meeting their personal ne3eds either by contacting residents
  families or via a weekly shopping trip
• Attends resident council meetings, care plan meetings, and other appropriate
  committee meetings
• Prepares bi-monthly newsletter article
• Prepares an annual social services department budget
• Performs additional duties as directed by the Administrator

REQUIRED PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES:

• Sitting, standing, or walking indoors
• Lifting 40 lbs maximum
• Must be able to hear, see, and speak and able to write and communicate with the
  residents, their families, and other visitors

EDUCATION:

• High school graduate, previous work experience in long term care

EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in social work, 2 years experience working in geriatrics,
  valid driver's licenses

BENEFITS OFFERED:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Supplemental Insurances
• IRA
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible Schedule
• PTO and more!

A well-suited candidate must be able to identify social and emotional needs and provide medically-related social services to attain or maintain the highest practical physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being of each resident.