Credential(s) Offered
Measurable Skill Gain Leading to a Credential
Method of Delivery
Online, e-learning, or distance learning
When offered
Daytime Hours, Evening Hours, Weekends
Instructional Program (CIP)
Description
Social Service Assistants are members of interdisciplinary health care teams within the LTC facility. They work under the supervision of licensed social workers and other staff who have more education and experience, and assist these professionals with their daily tasks. They often conduct admission interviews, inform residents and their families of their rights, advocate for residents with social services organizations, help residents adjust to living in the facility, and coordinate care services. Coordinating care services may involve ensuring that Medicare and other billing issues are appropriately handled, informing mental health and medical staff if residents require services and scheduling medical and other appointments for residents.
This course will cover content that includes professionalism, documentation and ethics, social service related regulations, the admission process, assessment documentation, MDS/RAPS, care planning, resident rights, abuse prevention, survey and survey process, discharge planning, disease processes, the effects of aging, and the end of life pain process. After completing this course, you will be ready to work in the following states: WA, CA, ID, WY, NM, ND, KS, OK, TX, MN, MO, WI, TN, AL, OH, WV, NH, FL. Additional training and/or licensing may be required in other states.
After completing the course, you will be able to work as Social Service Assistant in a Long Term Care setting.
Details
Hours
70
Entrance Requirements
None
School
College of Eastern Idaho - WTCE
WIOA Approved Program
Yes
Training Location(s)
1600 S. 25th E.
Local WIB
45 - REG-2 WIB 6
Type of financial aid offered or have access to
Idaho Launch Approved
Refund Policy
Current Ed2go Refund policy
Is the proposed curriculum currently certified by an accrediting agency or similar national standardization program?
Yes - Cengage/Ed2go
Is this proposed curriculum considered a nontraditional program of training services for women?
No
Is this proposed curriculum considered a nontraditional program of training services for men?
No
Cost Items
In-State Tuition
$1,045.00
Total In-State Program Cost
$1,045.00
