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Elder Care Coordinator Manalapan

Atticus, Inc.

Elder Care Coordinator

Full Time • Manalapan
At Garland Law Offices, P.A., we provide a range of elder law and estate planning services for clients reaching their twilight years. We help clients with a variety of estate planning and other elder law matters, including Medicaid planning, asset protection and estate administration. Because estate and other elder law matters can be so personal and so complex for people, we never forget how important it is to give our clients the best service we can. We are seeking a social worker to join our team of Elder Care Coordinators.

We value our staff and offer the following:

  • Competitive salary
  • Bonuses
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holidays
  • Free parking
  • Coffee/tea/snacks
  • Monthly lunches
  • Regular team meetings
  • Team retreats
  • Flexibility of schedule
*Waiting period applies. Subject to change without notice.

Our Elder Care Coordinators are social workers with geriatric experience who specializes in assisting older people and their families to attain the highest quality of life given their circumstances, and essentially helps the family with non -legal aspects of their situation and care needs.

An Elder Care Coordinator:

  • Helps clients and families identify care problems and assists in solving them.
  • Assists families in identifying and arranging in-home help or other services.
  • Coordinates with medical and health providers.
  • Reviews medical issues and offer referrals to other geriatric specialists to provide appropriate care while conserving financial resources.
  • Provides support, guidance, and advocacy during a crisis.
  • Helps with coordinating transfer and transportation of an older person to or from a retirement complex, assisted care living facility, or nursing home.
  • Provides education.
  • Offers counseling and support.
We’re searching for someone who has 3-5 years’ experience as a social worker specializing in geriatrics. Our ideal candidate has a strong sense of care and compassion for others, has exceptional phone skills, is professional in actions, speech and dress, and lives locally.

This position calls for approximately 40 hours per week but does not require frequent nights and weekends, though there may be occasions when a night or weekend visit may be needed to service the client and family.

Duties of this position include but are not limited to:

Client Relations:

  • Serves as advocate and experienced eldercare professional on the Legal Team.
  • Provides client care assessments to identify parameters of care and capacity.
  • Interfaces with the family and clients by making visits and communicating frequently (during the pandemic less in person and more via Zoom or phone).
  • Assists family to gather and sort important documents necessary for Medicaid and other planning purposes along with legal team.
  • In general, acts as a “client representative” within the law firm, and as a “law firm” representative to the client and family.
  • Counsels family on care issues and concerns.
  • Translates the “legal-speak” and “long term care speak” to client/family.
  • Advises legal and administrative team on current, changing, and predicted issues for the family.
Community Relations & Marketing:

  • Represents the law firm to facilities and healthcare community by visiting regularly (during pandemic more via Zoom and other methods). Creates positive relationships with management staff for purposes of mutual referrals.
  • Is knowledgeable about care options in the community.
  • Makes regular visits to staff of professional organizations.
  • Participates in professional meetings.
  • Presents law firm services to professionals and potential clients.
  • Contributes information and articles to newsletter and website.
  • Manages aspects of databases for newsletter and mailings.
  • Helps create CEU programs and gets those programs accredited with the appropriate boards.
Professional Development:

  • Works closely with integrating best practices as appropriate.
  • Represents the firm on boards and committees as appropriate.
  • Participates in local and national organizations
  • Supports the firm in development of firm presentations and materials to local organizations, as well as client presentations and in-service presentations.
Our ideal candidate will also:

  • Have excellent follow-through skills
  • Possess a commitment to quality and work ethic
  • Be able to work independently, multitask, and prioritize
  • Be dedicated to firm and team success
  • Be very detail-oriented, organized and dependable
  • Be great with people – client interaction including phone calls and meetings
  • Be a team player
  • Communicate notes and findings either to appropriate team members for entry into our computer system, or do so directly
You must be a licensed social worker to be considered for this position.

Salary is commensurate with experience

To apply for this unique opportunity, please submit a detailed resume as well as a cover letter giving us your salary requirements and telling us why you are interested in this position along with references.

No telephone calls or walk-in applications will be accepted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Manalapan, NJ: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:

  • geriatric: 3 years (Required)
License/Certification:

  • social worker license (Required)




This business is independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the business, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management. All inquiries about employment at this business should be made directly and not to Aging Life Care Association.

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