Hospice Social Worker, MSW LCSW OR LICSW- MALDEN AREA

This role focuses on supporting hospice patients and their families through serious illness end-of-life care and addition this role performs specialized hospice social work duties including psychosocial assessment counseling goals-of-care support advance care planning and coordination with community resources as a member of the interdisciplinary hospice team.

Responsibilities also include identifying and addressing psychosocial emotional caregiver financial cultural and practical needs related to terminal illness and decline; facilitating coping and adjustment; providing grief and bereavement support; assisting with care transitions and discharge planning; and advocating for patient autonomy dignity comfort and access to appropriate home and community-based services.

This is a professional individual contributor role that may guide lower-level staff or support program processes. The majority of time is spent delivering and coordinating specialized hospice social work services using advanced clinical knowledge and sound judgment. This experienced-level role works independently with general supervision manages sensitive situations that may be difficult but typically not highly complex and collaborates closely with patients families caregivers and the interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities also include seeing patients in a variety of settings including home hospitals skilled nursing and assisted living facilities and our hospice inpatient unitHigh Point House in Haverhill MA.

Location: Malden MA Areas- Including Reading Lynnfield Everett Medford Stoneham Revere Wakefield areas

Hours: Full-Time 8-4:30

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Masters degree in Social Work from an accredited institution.

2. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Licensure in NH may be required depending on assigned territory and operational need.

3. One (1) year of related experience.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salaries & benefits that start on day one!

• 403(b) retirement with company match

• Tuition reimbursement

• Fleet Car Program

About Care at Home:

Tufts Medicine Care at Home is a proud member of Tufts Medicine a health system that is rethinking how academic and community centers local and national businesses and technology and service innovators can all work together. So that clinicians can deliver expert care where its needed most and so that we can bring wellness back to health care one person at a time.

About Tufts Medicine

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