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Description

Reports to: Director of Social Work

Department: Social Work

Classification: Non-exempt

Position Characteristics:

Under the direction of the Director of Social Work, the Social Worker provides direct services in the Social Work Department within the Information and Assistance Department. Position assumes assessments, care coordination, advocacy, and related care management activities for an assigned group of clients. This incumbent completes assessment of client's needs in conjunction with the client and/or family, physician, and ancillary support providers. The goal of the incumbent is to ensure quality, appropriateness, and cost-effective services for the assigned clients. The Social Worker has hands-on experience as it relates to the Lotus Food Pantry and servicing senior clients of a diverse background.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide the highest degree of services to clients in need of assistance. To reflect in all aspects of job performance the mission of the East Baton Rouge Council on the Aging, Inc. 'serving the elderly in East Baton Rouge Parish, to enrich and enhance their quality of life through advocacy efforts, creative planning, and coordination and provision of needed services, and to make it possible for them to live independent lives as long as possible.'

• Possesses emotional maturity, unprejudiced and sensitivity to clients and their problems.
• Sets attainable goals, margins and agrees with the boundaries of what

can be achieved within a particular time limit.

• Communicates and possesses effective listening skills and ability to ask related questions at the appropriate time.
• Manages information and verbally conveys materials which are essential to the counseling aspect of social work.
• Maintains a level of physical body language and is conscious of social forms of cultural behavior.
• Possesses the capacity to give a self-appraisal of performance with a view to improve the standards of service.
• Maintains efficiency in organizing, managing and prioritizing the analytical aspects of social work in providing purposeful services to clients.
• Assists in the preparation and distribution of the Lotus Food Pantry items to clients.
• Possesses an ability to reach a compromise and work effectively with multiple parties.
• Any other duties deemed necessary.

Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-Time

Valid Drivers License Required

About the Organization

Since 1973, the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging (EBRCOA) has served the aging population of East Baton Rouge Parish through a spectrum of nutritional and social services. Additionally, the EBRCOA is charged with both meeting and discovering the growing needs of the ever-increasing aging population.
Central to the EBRCOA's mission is service to seniors as well as the maintenance of their personal independence and the enhancement of their storied lives. As such, our mission is simple:
Supporting Independence - Serving Seniors.

Said mission is made real through a variety of community-wide programs such as:
• Meals on Wheels (home-delivered meals to homebound seniors)
• Congregate Meals (hot meals at 15 different sites/senior centers throughout the parish)
• Information and Assistance (trained counselors are available to answer questions, provide a thorough assessment of needs, make appropriate recommendations of services, refer individuals to other EBRCOA-related services in addition to other community-wide agencies/services available to the aging population)
• Personal Care/Homemakers (trained caregivers providing in-home care; house-cleaning; laundry, respite, etc.)
• Family Caregiver Support (assistance for caregivers tending to individuals 60+)
• Health Screens (comprehensive screens at each senior center: glucose, immunizations, nutrition, referrals, etc.)
• Insurance counseling; utility assistance (cable, electricity); Medicaid applications.
Today, our parish proudly welcomes more than 85,000 seniors to East Baton Rouge (eagerly anticipating the opportunity of reaching out and positively affecting each and every seasoned citizen).
With the help of eager, altruistic individuals and organizations, EBRCOA looks forward to meeting the challenges facing the aging - exceeding their expectations through innovative solutions met by unique, care-based services.

This position is currently accepting applications.