Full Time Social Worker
Unicity Senior Advisors
Paramus, new jersey
Job Details
Full-time
Full Job Description
Are you a passionate social worker seeking a fulfilling career in geriatrics? Our team at Unicity Senior Advisors is looking for compassionate and dedicated individuals to join our Geriatric Care Management team. We offer a rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of older adults by providing comprehensive care management services. If you're driven to improve the quality of life for seniors and thrive in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to explore this exciting career path with us.
Job Duties May include:
- Perform in depth client assessments including medical, psychosocial, environmental, and family assessment
- Complete Fall Risk Assessment, Mini Mental Status Examination and Depression Screening for each client
- Work with client and family to develop plan of care to ensure client safety and all other needs are addressed
- Work with client, family, and professional staff to implement plan of care
- Collaborate with hospital, nursing home and AL/memory care staff, physicians and other professionals in geriatric service provider world
- Perform regular home visits to monitor client status, home environment or senior community
- Give ongoing emotional support and counseling to the client and their family as needed
- Provide problem solving support to clients and fellow care managers as needed
- Provide crisis intervention and display critical thinking/problem solving skills
- Give back-up support to the GCM team as needed
- Carefully track and document time that is spent on each client to facilitate accurate billing
Requirements
Job requirements.
- Social worker with 5+ years of experience working in Geriatrics
- Active/valid NJ LSW or LCSW license
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Valid Driver’s License and dependable personal vehicle
Benefits
Benefits
- Company sponsored Health Insurance (Medical/Dental/Vision)
- Voluntary life insurance, Short Term Disability, AD&D insurance
- 401K with company match
- 20+ PTO days a year/ paid company holidays
- Monthly Commission payout
- Mileage reimbursement
- Company cell phone & Microsoft Surface
- Hybrid position with flexible schedule and ability to work from home when not visiting clients.