Social Worker

Job description

Social workers looking for autonomy and variety should consider practicing in Hospice Care. As a Hospice Social Worker, you will join a team that is dedicated to making our patients' final days, weeks, and months as comfortable as possible.

Support from our Team:

• Employer contributions towards medical, dental, vision insurance plans
• Employer-paid life insurance
• short- and long-term disability options
• Opportunities for growth
• Experienced team of Regional Director of Clinical Operators available as resources and mentors
• 120 hours of PTO, 6 paid holidays, and 2 additional floating holidays
• Mileage and company cell phone
• Structured training and preceptorship program

Come join our Social Service team as we are looking for a compassionate Licensed Social Worker (LSW).

As a Hospice Social Worker:

• Provide wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
• Responsible for making contact with patient, family, and caregiver within 48 hours of admission.
• Case Manager duties.
• Psychosocial must become part of patient's chart within 24 hours of completion.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
• Regularly assess the pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
• Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet their needs, which include: social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals pre-bereavement and bereavement care.
• Regularly re-evaluate the patient's and family's psychosocial needs.
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Assist with making funeral arrangements if requested.
• Provide counseling during the process of the terminal illness and at the time of death if requested.

Required Skills

Qualifications for Social Worker :

• Bachelors Degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Minimum of two year social work experience in a healthcare setting or social services agency
• Current Social Worker license
• Hospice experience a plus
• Knowledge of and ability to obtain community resources (information and referral, state/federal financial programs and eligibility requirements, etc.).
• Understand Hospice philosophy, principles of death/dying
• Strong organizational and communication skills

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60,235.59 - $70,541.79 per year

Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Outpatient

License/Certification:

• Social Work License (Required)

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $60,236 - $70,542