About this role
This position will be traveling to new locations helping the location go thru survey and get up and running . The temporary assignment would typically last 13 -26 weeks.
Social workers looking for autonomy and variety should consider practicing in Hospice Care. As a Hospice Social Worker at Moments Hospice, you will join a team that is dedicated to making our patients' final days, weeks, and months as comfortable as possible.
Responsibilities:
- As a Hospice Licensed Medical (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW), you will:
- 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.
Qualifications:
- Masters 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
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Company car with fuel and insurance covered
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO accruing immediately
- 401(k) with company matching
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