Regardless of your career specialty, when you work within the NewCourtland Network, you’ll have the opportunity to share in our vision of elevating quality of life for seniors throughout Philadelphia. When you excel in your profession, we can excel in ours—and that means everything to those we serve. At NewCourtland, you’ll find a respectful and supportive environment, top salaries, an impressive benefits portfolio, and the chance to enrich our community.

In this role, you will provide medically related social services to your assigned caseload, and assist the residents in attaining or maintaining the highest practicable physical, mental and psycho-social well-being. You will provide services that meet professional standards of social work practice and are consistent with state and federal laws and regulations, while guiding the facility staff in matters of resident advocacy, protection and promotion of residents' rights.

Required Skills Required Experience

The qualified candidate will possess a Baccalaureate degree in Social Work or a relevant human services field such as Sociology, Special Education, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Psychology. At least one year of supervised social work experience working directly with the elderly in a long-term care setting is required. Current Pennsylvania Social Work Licensure is highly preferred.

EOE

• Bachelor degree in discipline related to functional work or role with 8-10 years of relevant work experience OR demonstrated ability to meet the job requirements through a comparable number of years of applicable work experience.
• Able to apply broad work experience and knowledge when analyzing complex problems. Must be able consistently identify critical elements, variables and alternatives to develop solutions. 
• Must be able to organize/prioritize existing resources and incorporate new information, as needed, to implement the most effective solutions.
• Able to communicate clearly and courteously with those who need to know of decisions/actions/problems. Able to apply excellent business acumen and collaborative skills when resolving problems.
• Able to apply excellent functional computer knowledge in utilizing Microsoft Windows, MAC, or other technical tools in completing assignments.
• Able to apply expertise in all the tools or applications used to complete work assignments.
• Able to mentor junior level team members in the use of tools and/or systems in the position.
• Requires excellent communication skills with ability to state messages in a clear manner by using language that is easy for others to understand.
• Able to explain programs policies and procedures in language that is understood by others.
• Must be able to modify communication style both formal and informal to match the appropriate level of the audience targeted. Requires strong understanding of the impact of a message on the organization or client.
• Able to write with the clarity and precision necessary for the work being performed.

Additional job requirements may be listed on the staffing requisition.