Social Work Assistant

Job Title: Social Work Assistant

Location: Mountainside (MTN)

Department Name: Social Work

Req #: 0000269360

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $58,500.00 - $73,200.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Social Work Assistant

Summary: Assist in patient social work department in care coordination of patient, resident and family from admission through discharge. Provides the social work department with administrative support and assists with dissemination of regulatory communication and documentation, coordination and connecting residents and families to resources under the supervision of a licensed social worker

A typical day as a Social Work Assistant may look like:

• Provide direct support to in patient LTC and rehab social work departments
• Assists SW in in coordinating weekly team meetings for care coordination
• Assists with ensuring regulatory communication notification to parents guardians related to weekly meetings and facility/hospital notifications
• Assists in mandatory notification to State and Federal regulatory entities; i.e. bed hold letters, room change letters, NJ State LTC Portal, OCCO portal submission etc, all tasks under direct supervision of primary social work and SW Director
• Provides support to SW dept in regards to discharge planning and transition planning
• Assists and support in review of patients EMR in ensuring accuracy of pts demographic information
• Demonstrates understanding of health care system, managed care and resource utilization as well as policies and services available for patient populations,
• Effectively communicates financial and social needs barriers issues Social Drivers of Health, SDoH, to the primary SW department as appropriate
• Participates in projects for the department that are consistent with department and hospital goals and missions,
• Assume additional department projects tasks as needed

To be considered for this role, you must have:

• High school diploma required
• Associates or Bachelors degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related human services field preferred