Social Worker

1020 South Main Street, Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Full-time

Posted on September 01, 2023

Contract overview

This is a placement contract between you and the employer. If the employer hires a candidate you submit, you'll be paid the contract amount.

The payments begin when the candidate starts and are disbursed over time. The contract terms are:

Market price: $700 USDEst.

Payment schedule: Paid monthly over 3 months

Job Posting for Social Worker at Quakertown Center

Genesis HealthCare is one of the nation's leading providers of healthcare services from short-term to long-term care and a wide variety of living options and professional clinical services. We are changing how care is delivered by bringing together people like you -- passionate, highly skilled and motivated to make a difference.

Why Genesis?

We improve the lives we touch through the delivery of high-quality healthcare and everyday compassion!

We Care Deeply about YOU! Guided by our Core Values, Code of Conduct and Ethics program, we foster a culture of care and compassion. We focus on improving the quality of care through creativity and innovation, honesty and integrity in all we do.

We Develop YOU! We provide career ladders, education and training opportunities so you can build a long and successful career with Genesis.

We Appreciate YOU! We value your contributions to the Genesis mission and vision and instill an environment of teamwork and enjoyment in working together. We recognize and celebrate our shared successes.

We are Committed to YOU! We know you are the vital link between Genesis, our patients and residents! We inspire you to be your best self.

We Protect YOU! We take great pride in meeting or exceeding CDC and CMS standards.

Enrich lives including your own and join an industry leader as a Social Worker where you will provide Genesis patients/residents with the highest practical level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being and quality of life.

Position Highlights

Identify through communication with patients/residents, their family members/significant others, and nursing center staff, patient/resident's strengths, social, emotional, and mental health needs' and then provide, develop, and/or aide them in accessing services to meet their needs.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to promote and protect resident rights and the well-being of all patients/residents. This includes educating staff on the role of the social services.
Participate in the development of a written, interdisciplinary plan of care for each patient/resident to address social service needs.
Hold meetings with patients/residents, families, and significant others as requested and to provide support and information so as to improve quality of life.
Perform patient/resident discharge planning activities such as family/patient education, nursing center documentation and make referrals to appropriate agencies and suppliers.
Establish relationships and maintain contact and referral flow with community based agencies/services.

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision, Company-paid life insurance, 401K, Paid Time Off
Variable compensation plans
Inclusive workplace with DEI committee
Nursing Student Loan Debt Repayment and Tuition Assistance
Tuition, Travel, and Wireless Service Discounts
Employee Assistance Program to support mental health
Employee Foundation to financially assist through unforeseen hardships

Restrictions apply based on collective bargaining agreements, applicable state law and factors such as pay classification (full-time, part-time, or casual), job grade, location, and length of service.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from accredited school of Social Work or related field is required.*Must possess any certifications/licensures as required by State of employment to practice in long-term care.
One to three years of supervised social work experience in a health care setting, working directly with individuals, is preferred.
Additional certification such as Geriatric Case Management, Hospice & Palliative Care, Gerontology, Clinical Social Work, Health Care, Nephrology, Mental Health, and/or Substance Abuse is preferred. To protect the health and safety of our patients, residents, employees, family members, and the communities we serve, Genesis has implemented a universal COVID-19 vaccination requirement for employees, care partners and onsite vendors.

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