Hospice Social Worker

About the Role

Join our Social Service team as a compassionate Licensed Social Worker (LSW) making a lasting impact on patients and your career. At Moments Hospice, you'll provide meaningful patient care, ensuring comfort during their final days. Enjoy autonomy, variety, and direct collaboration with leadership while contributing to our growth in a rewarding, supportive environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide a wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
• Make contact with patient, family, and caregiver within 48 hours of admission.
• Perform Case Manager duties.
• Complete psychosocial assessment and add it to the patient's chart within 24 hours.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs, including pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
• Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet needs, including social service goals, supportive counseling, problem solving, and community referrals for 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.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work preferred; Bachelor's degree in Social Work with a minimum of 1 year of healthcare experience.
• Minimum of two years social work experience in a healthcare setting or social services agency.
• Current Social Worker license (required).
• 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 and principles of death/dying.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Valid driver's license (required).
• Valid Auto Insurance (required).

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Company car with fuel and insurance covered (minimal personal cost for business and personal use).
• Company cell phone.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO accruing immediately.
• 401(k) with company matching.

Moments Hospice may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.