Social Worker- Hospice

Social Worker - Hospice (Full-Time)

Salary

$65,000 - $81,309.97

Position Summary

Provide for the psycho-social and bereavement needs of assigned hospice patients and bereaved family caregivers while collaborating closely with members of the interdisciplinary team.

What You'll do

• Assess needs of patients and families and develop a plan of care in collaboration with health care team to optimize psychosocial functioning of patients and families
• Facilitate patient and family participation in treatment activities
• Provide emotional support, counseling and education to patients/families to ease stress, expedite decision making, to help surmount obstacles and barriers that impede accessing appropriate health care and/or community services
• Implement intervention strategies and referrals to appropriate community resources to ensure continuity of care, patient and family satisfaction and quality services
• Provide crisis intervention and supportive services to patients, families, medical staff, ancillary staff and the community in situations such as domestic, child or elder abuse, death and dying issues, etc.
• Provide timely feedback and follow-up to patients, families, health care team, peers and community agencies based on assigned level of care
• Comprehensively assess psychosocial, emotional, bereavement, cultural, and socio-economic needs, deficits, obstacles and strengths.
• Develop and follow individualized plan of care to address PCF goals/needs and identified needs/deficits/obstacles.
• Facilitate PFC participation in hospice plan of care and aide with communication with the interdisciplinary team
• Provide emotional support, counseling and education to patients/families to ease stress, improve coping and functioning, support pre-death bereavement needs, inform and expedite decision making, aide with care planning/funeral planning and help surmount obstacles and barriers that impede accessing appropriate health care and/or community services
• Facilitate referrals to appropriate community resources and ensure continuity of care, PFC satisfaction and quality services
• Provide crisis intervention and supportive services to PFC, staff, volunteers and community partners in coping with situations including but not limited to: abuse and neglect, suicidal ideation, medication diversion, death and dying issues, safety concerns, caregiver breakdown