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Chemung County Health Center has been serving the community since 1971, housing the County’s Public Health Department, Vital Records, and Nursing Facility. Our mission is to enhance the health and well-being of our residents through comprehensive public health services.

Summary

We are seeking a dedicated Social Worker to join our team at Chemung County Health Center. In this role, you will provide essential support and resources to individuals and families, helping them navigate challenges related to health and social services. Your contributions will be vital in promoting community health and improving resident outcomes.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This position involves responsibility for providing professional social work services to patients and their families in a nursing home to aid them in dealing with medically-related social and emotional problems. An employee in this position serves as a member of an inter-disciplinary health care team involving medicine. nursing, dietary, rehabilitation therapies and activities personal in identifying needs and in formulating and implementing the restorative and discharge potential of patients. The work is performed within prescribed guidelines with leeway permitted in determining the scope of social work services to be provided in helping patients adjust to their medical condition and to the environment the facility concerned. Employees in this position are expected to consult and cooperate with professionals in other disciplines and agencies to aid them in recognizing the significant social components of health care and understanding their impact on patients and their families. The work may be performed either under the supervision of higher level social work personnel or under the general direction of the facility administrator, depending upon organizational arrangements in accordance with facility policy. Supervision may be exercised over the work of Social Work Assistants and other subordinate employees assigned to the Social Services function in the facility, The incumbent does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (The following work activities are listed as examples only and in no event shall an employee be limited to only those examples listed here.)

Coordinates or participates in admissions processing with Nursing Department to include screening of applications for admission, maintaining waiting list, working with residents/responsible parties to complete admission paperwork, and making room assignments;
Assesses psycho-social needs of patients upon admission and during continued stay in the facility by participating in inter-disciplinary health care team formulation of the patient care plan;
Establishes social work goals to aid patients, their families or responsible parties in dealing with the medical problem concerned:
Provides supportive social work services to help patients adjust to their illnesses, disabilities and stay in the facility;
Provides consultation to facility staff regarding the social and emotional aspects of patient health care and treatment;
Records significant social services progress data and periodic reassessment in patient medical records;
Determines psycho-social implications of potential patient discharge or transfer to different levels of health care in accordance with utilization control requirements and aids facility staff and patient families in implementation of arrangements;
Modifies social service goals or treatment consistent with changes in patient care needs;
May assign and supervise the work of Social Work Assistants and other subordinate staff engaged in providing social services assistance to facility patients and their families;
Maintains information on community and health resources which can be utilized during patient care and subsequent to discharge;
Participates in the development and implementation of and adherence to facility policy regarding social services aspects of patient care;
Prepares a variety of records and reports related to the work.

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES SKILLS ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Good knowledge of the practices and procedures of social work and of the social and psychological factors related to disease and disability; working knowledge of State and Federal rules, regulations and requirements related to health care facilities; ability to counsel health care facility patients and their families; ability to function as a member of an inter-disciplinary health care team; ability to interpret Federal, State and local laws and regulations regarding the delivery of social work services in a health care f'acility; ability to plan and supervise the work of others; ability to prepare records and reports related to social services activities; ability to utilize community resources effectively to meet facility patient and family social service needs; ability to confer with and provide social services consultation to other health care professionals; sympathetic attitude toward the sick and disabled; tact: physical condition commensurate with demands of the position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Possession of a Master's Degree in Social Work from a graduate school of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and New York Education Department and be Licensed in New York State by the State Education Department as a Master Social Worker or a Clinical Social Worker with six (6) months of professional social work experience in a hospital, nursing home or comparable inpatient institutional setting.

If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families within our community, we invite you to apply for the Social Worker position at Chemung County Health Center today!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $31.55 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

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