Hospice Social Worker
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Job Description
Moments Hospice is a locally owned and operated hospice. We are looking for an outstanding Social worker to join our team. Our promise to our patients is We personalize our care and treat you like family. We are dedicated to making our patients final days weeks and months as comfortable as possible.
The promise to treat everyone like family also flows through the daily work environment where all employees are part of the Moments family. We offer a workplace that employees are proud to be a part of.
We are looking for exceptional people to join our exceptional team. People who want to make a difference in the community and in the lives of others. The end of life can be accompanied by feelings of loss and isolation and the Moments Hospice team is dedicated to ensuring that the transition is filled with dignity comfort and peace. We are dedicated to doing this not only for our patients but for their families and loves one as well.
The success of our company is dependent upon teamwork. Our specially trained team includes doctors nurses (NP LPN and RN) social workers certified nursing assistants spiritual counselors therapists and volunteers just to name a few. The one thing we are missing is YOU please join us!
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.
- Psychosocial must become part of patients chart within 24 hours of completion.
- Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
- Regularly assess the prebereavement/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 prebereavement and bereavement care.
- Regularly reevaluate the patients and familys 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:
- 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
- Case Worker
Benefits: What you will get:
- Supportive and welcoming work environment
- Competitive salary
- Health insurance plans
- Dental coverage
- vision coverage
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays
- Reimbursed mileage
- Company phone
- Most advanced EMR system in the industry
Employment Type
Full-Time
