Job detail

Part-time Pediatric Social Worker

By the Bay Health

#Palliative Care #Counseling #Hospice #Social Worker #End-of-Life Care #Pediatric Care #Non-profit #Grief #Loss #Life-Limiting Illness

Quick overview

The Pediatric Social Worker will join the interdisciplinary team to provide supportive services addressing the social, emotional, and financial needs of patients and families impacted by life-limiting illness, loss, and grief. Key duties include assessing patient/family coping abilities, evaluating caregiver capacity for providing care, offering individual and family counseling related to end-of-life care, and supporting siblings appropriately.

Requirements summary

Candidates must possess a Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school or a Master's in a mental health discipline, along with a minimum of one year of social work experience in a healthcare setting. Experience working with pediatric patients and families is preferred, and Pediatric ELNEC certification is required within the first year.

postgraduate degreeAssessmentCounselingEnd-of-Life CareFamily SupportPalliative CarePediatric CareSocial WorkHospice CareGrief SupportResource ProvisionInterdisciplinary Team

Job description

By The Bay Health, a non-profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

This position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.

We are seeking a Pediatric Social Worker who will be a member of the interdisciplinary team for providing supportive services to help meet patient/family social, emotional and financial needs related to the impact of a life-limiting illness, loss, and grief.

Schedule

3 days per week; Monday - Wednesday; 8

30am - 5:00pm

Location: Sonoma & Napa Counties

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

Assess patient/family social and emotional factors to determine ability to cope with terminal illness and death
Assess family/caregiver capacity to participate in providing care to patient and assist with resources
Provide individual and family counseling to patient/families in all psychosocial aspects of end-of-life care
Provide age and developmentally appropriate assessment of and support to siblings as indicated

Education/Experience

Master’s degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or Masters Degree in mental health discipline
Minimum one-year’s social work experience in a health care setting
One year’s social work experience with pediatric patients and families preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Pediatric ELNEC certification required within the first year

Pay Range

$46.60 - $58.30 hourly

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.