The social services director is responsible for ensuring that the social, psychological and physical needs of all residents in the senior living community are being met. They provide counseling and social services to residents and their families. The social services director reports directly to the administrator and participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, providing information on an individual resident’s psychosocial condition.
A social services director must have a bachelor’s degree in Social Work (BSW) or in a human services field including but not limited to sociology, special education, rehabilitation, counseling, and psychology and needs one year of supervised social work experience in a healthcare setting working directly with individuals.
CaregiversFL Careers is an initiative of the Florida Health Care Association, which represents Florida’s long term care providers and the residents entrusted to their care. FHCA supports its members in their efforts to recruit, train and retain a skilled workforce to help meet the needs of Florida’s aging population, today and into the future.
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