F0850

D

Failure to Employ a Qualified Full-Time Social Worker

Church Hill, Tennessee Survey Completed on 02-12-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

The facility failed to employ a qualified full-time social worker as required by its own policy and federal regulations for a facility with more than 120 beds. The facility’s undated Social Services guidelines stated that a social worker would be employed on a full-time basis, yet a facility document signed by the Administrator on 2/12/2026 showed that from 5/9/2025 to 5/27/2025, 6/10/2025 to 8/11/2025, 10/8/2025 to 11/26/2025, and from 1/5/2026 to 2/12/2026, the facility did not employ a qualified social worker, totaling approximately 167 days (5.5 months) out of 9 months reviewed.

During an interview, the individual currently functioning in the social worker role stated they began employment in October as a concierge and served in that role until early January, after which they were acting as the social worker despite having no social work degree or training and only “helping out with the social worker stuff” until a social worker could be hired. In a separate interview, the Administrator confirmed the periods during which the facility did not have a qualified social worker employed.