Salary Up to $35.00 / Hour Overview Social Worker – Skilled Nursing Elderwood at Hamburg | 5775 Maelou Drive, Hamburg, NY 14075 Full Time Meaningful Social Work - Close to Home in the Southtowns A transition into skilled nursing - or back home following rehabilitation - can be an uncertain time for residents and their families.
They need someone who will listen, advocate for what matters to them, explain what comes next, and bring the right people and resources together.
Elderwood at Hamburg is seeking a Social Worker to join our interdisciplinary team in Hamburg, NY.
Conveniently located for professionals throughout the Southtowns, our 166-bed community provides skilled nursing, long-term care, subacute rehabilitation, and memory care.
This is a visible and meaningful position with the opportunity to support residents across different stages of care—from individuals recovering after an illness, injury, or surgery to those making Elderwood their long-term home.
Your Impact at Elderwood at Hamburg As a Social Worker, you will serve as an advocate, resource, and steady point of contact for residents and their families.
You will help people adjust to a new environment, work through complex decisions, overcome barriers, and prepare for safe and appropriate care transitions.
You will also collaborate closely with nursing, rehabilitation, medical providers, admissions, and other facility departments to keep each resident’s needs, preferences, independence, and dignity central to the care plan.
What Makes This Opportunity Different At Elderwood at Hamburg, social work touches every part of the resident experience.
You will support individuals receiving long-term nursing care, memory care, and short-term rehabilitation, including cardiac, orthopedic, and post-surgical recovery.
The variety of resident needs makes this an excellent opportunity for a social worker who values interdisciplinary practice, thoughtful discharge planning, resident advocacy, and the ability to make a practical difference for families.
Bring Your Experience Back to the Southtowns If you are a social worker in Hamburg, Orchard Park, West Seneca, Lackawanna, Blasdell, Lake View, Derby, Eden, or the surrounding Southtowns, consider an opportunity where your work will have a direct and visible impact.
Join Elderwood at Hamburg and help residents and families move forward with greater clarity, dignity, and support.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Responsible For Manage an assigned social work caseload and serve as a consistent resource for residents and their families. Welcome and help orient new residents, supporting their emotional and social adjustment to the community. Identify psychosocial, emotional, mental health, and practical needs and coordinate access to appropriate services and resources. Participate in the development and review of individualized care plans with the interdisciplinary care team. Advocate for residents’ preferences, individuality, independence, dignity, and right to participate in decisions about their care. Support residents and families through changes in condition, difficult decisions, transfers, and transitions to another level of care. Participate actively in discharge planning and help coordinate safe, appropriate transitions. Complete required admission and discharge assessments, including SCREEN documentation when applicable. Provide supportive individual or group counseling and connect residents and families with financial, community, or personal resources within the scope of the position. Maintain accurate, timely documentation in accordance with facility, departmental, and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with nursing, rehabilitation, medical providers, admissions, and other facility departments to address residents’ physical, emotional, and social needs. Participate in staff education and in-service programs as requested. From Up to
