Hospice Social Worker

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