Social Worker - Pace
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
- New Orleans, LA
- Permanent
- Part-time
- As a member of the PACE Interdisciplinary team, the social worker is responsible for the following:
- Regularly informing the interdisciplinary team of the medical, functional, and psychosocial condition of each participant
- Providing clinical consultation as an active member of the interdisciplinary care
- team
- Remaining alert to pertinent input from other team members, participants, and caregivers
- Documenting changes of a participant's condition in the participant's medical record consistent with documentation policies established by the medical director
- Providing routine updates to the participant's plan of care to reflect participant/caregiver based goals and interventions
- Attending to system dynamics of the PACE organization to foster best use of resources, effective service delivery, and participant and family satisfaction
- Advocating for the interventions that alleviate burden and facilitate coping for the participant and caregivers
- Ensuring compliance with practice standards and codes
- Each social worker is responsible for the following:
- An initial comprehensive assessment to include a psycho-social perspective
- Participation in the development of a participant centered plan of care
- Periodic reassessments on a semi-annual basis or as a participant's condition dictates
- Unscheduled reassessments take place either due to a change in participant status or at the request of the participant or designated representative
- Provides individual and family counseling, develops and leads group counseling and activities.
- Refers participants to appropriate community agencies or facilities, acts as a liaison with such organizations and as an advocate for participants.
- Encourages effective relationships amongst staff geared toward the building and maintenance of a cohesive team.
- Consults with and advises staff members as to the relationship of social, emotional and cultural factors which may impact the participant's health and medical care and the availability of social services in the community.
- Collaborates with the participant, caregiver and team members to identify options, goals and priorities for care; advanced care planning.
- Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned or indicated.
- Participates in program and policy development of the social work component of the program.