Director of Social Services

At Brighton/Suncrest Hospice our goal is to change the expectation of hospice care in your area by providing exceptional care and service to our patients.  This is achieved by allocating the resources to increase our staff to patient ratios, thereby increasing clinical visits while lowering clinician caseloads. We are proud to be a Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) certified hospice. If you have a commitment to providing the highest quality of care to patients and their families, we would like to hear from you!

The Director of Social Services works to provide overall direction to all aspects of the provision of patient social services including managing the members of the social work team. Establishes, implements, and evaluates goals and objectives for social services to meet and promote the standards of quality and contribute to the organizations mission and philosophy.

• Directs all daily patient social service operations including providing direct oversight of the establishment and implementation of social service
• Ensures compliance with all state, federal, and CHAP social service regulatory
• Directs the implementation of improved work methods and procedures to ensure social services are delivered in accordance with local and state regulations
• Ensures seamless home care service delivery by providing direct oversight of coordination of care with other clinical service
• Assists the Executive Director/Administrator in the preparation of an annual budget for the social service department and monitors allocation of resources according to budgetary
• Recruits, selects, orients, and directly manages members of the social service
• Supervises the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of social service clinical care by members of the social work
• Assures proper documentation of social services in clinical records in compliance with state, federal, and CHAP
• Provides leadership in strategic planning including identifying opportunities for additional or improved services to address unmet customer needs
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of the field of social work and shares information with appropriate organization
• Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of Brighton/Suncrest Hospice contractual relationships and ensures that social services are delivered according to contract

• A Master's degree in Social Work. Meets personnel qualifications stated in §418.114(b)(3)
• At least three (3) years management experience preferably in home care operations
• Demonstrates an ability to supervise and direct professional and administrative personnel
• Ability to deal tactfully with customers and the community
• Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations and CHAP standards
• Demonstrates good communications and public relations skills
• Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, and flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities
• Must be willing to drive with reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and auto insurance