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: Part-time
Benefits:
Schedule:
Experience:
- Hospice: 1 year (Preferred)
- Social work: 2 years (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Social Work License (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Key West, FL: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: On the road
