Social Services Director, Licensure Required

Providence Place, a Lifespark Skilled Nursing Community, is looking for dedicated and passionate Social Services Director, Licensure Required to join our growing team. We have openings on our TCU and LTC units. We have inhouse dialysis services too.

Providence Place is conveniently located on the bus route, located in southern Minneapolis in the Standish Ericcson neighborhood. Here we provide services for our seniors in a TCU (Transitional Care Unit) Care, Long-Term Care and Memory Care. We have been helping seniors Age Magnificently for over 25 years and are part of Senior Care Communities, a local non-profit supporting senior.

Wage: $75,000-$89,000/Annually.

Schedule: Full-Time Day Shift

Are you compassionate towards others?  Are you passionate about enriching the lives of others?  If so, we want you to join our team and help seniors Age Magnificently!  Our Director of Social Services become family and impact the lives of our residents who live in a Lifespark Senior Living Community.  In this position, you will be responsible for the operations of the Social Services department, providing for each resident’s social, emotional, and psychological needs and the continuing development of the resident’s full potential from admission to discharge.

• Provide oversight and supervision of all functions and staff of the Social Service department.
• Lead and participate in essential training of staff.
• Review and adhere to departmental budget.
• Develop a social history, social assessment and care plan which identifies pertinent problems and needs, realistic goals to be accomplished, and the specific action to be taken in resolution of the problems and/or needs upon admission of each new resident.
• Participate in the pre-admission screening of all potential residents and provide information to residents and families during admission.
• Orient the resident to the long-term care environment and facilitate adjustment upon placement.
• Document progress notes which relate to each resident’s care plan when necessary.
• Assist the resident and resident’s family in discharge and placement planning.
• Organize family groups to promote communications, education and support between family members, facility staff, and administration and provide counseling, as needed.
• Assist in the education of the community regarding aging, resident rights, facility services and other related topics.
• Participate in daily Interdisciplinary meetings and other community meetings including Care Plan meetings and Quality Improvement.
• Must be adaptable, flexible to changes, and able to prioritize and organize work efficiently to accomplish workload within time allotted.
• Maintain a positive attitude in relation to customer service program.
• Comply with established safety rules and regulations.
• Promptly reports accidents, incidents, and unsafe and hazardous conditions/equipment to supervisor.
• Understand, comply with, and promote all rules regarding resident’s rights.

• Valid state licensure as a Social Worker.
• Post Secondary Education with a bachelor’s degree in social work or human services field including but not limited to Sociology, Psychology, Special Education, or Rehabilitation Counseling.
• A minimum of two years in long-term care or acute care is preferred.
• One year of supervised social work experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals.

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or no