What you’ll be doing

• Participates in resident admission process including tours, admission, transfers, discharge, and occupancy tracking.
• Acts as liaison with families and advocate for residents to ensure they are allowed and encouraged to exercise their rights.
• Participates in the interdisciplinary team process of resident assessment, care planning and evaluation to ensure services are planned according to individual resident and family needs.
• Provides therapeutic services through individual and group counseling for residents and families, documents on resident’s record and evaluates effectiveness of these programs.
• Coordinates services of Psychogeriatric Consultant in support of staff caring for residents.
• Adheres to established department plans, policies, procedures and quality assurance program to meet all regulatory and Extendicare standards.
• Provides in-service programs for home staff, residents, and famili...