Hospice Social Worker MSW

About the role

Join Providence at Home with Compassus, leaders in home-based hospice and palliative care, as a Hospice Social Worker. In this role, you’ll provide essential support to patients and families across various care settings, including homes, long-term care facilities, and hospitals. Use your clinical judgment to assess and address psychosocial, financial, environmental, and community needs, helping patients maximize their functioning and quality of life. You’ll offer crisis intervention, grief support, and counseling around end-of-life issues while facilitating coordination among families, care teams, and referral sources. As a key member of the interdisciplinary team, you’ll contribute to care planning, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, support discharge planning, and provide consultation across the organization—all while working independently and under minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical assessments to identify patients' psychosocial, financial, environmental, and community needs, documenting in the Plan of Care, clinical records, and team notes.
• Deliver direct and indirect social services across settings such as homes, long-term care facilities, and hospitals.
• Provide crisis intervention and supportive counseling to patients and families coping with terminal illness, tailoring support to individual and family dynamics.
• Complete documentation and duties in compliance with federal/state regulations and organizational policies.
• Actively participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, contributing to care planning and coordination.
• Consult with colleagues, leadership, patients, families, and external partners to support care goals.
• Facilitate level-of-care transitions and discharge planning.
• Respond promptly to social services referrals from the hospice team.
• Accept assignments within professional competencies while fostering a collaborative, team-based approach.

Requirements

• Master's degree from an accredited School of Social Work.
• Washington Advanced Social Worker License (Vendor Managed) OR Washington Advanced Social Worker Associate License (Vendor Managed) OR Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker License (Vendor Managed) OR Washington Clinical Independent Social Worker Associate License (Vendor Managed).

Qualifications

• 1 year of post-Master’s experience in a health care setting (preferred).

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The demands of this role require a team member to effectively perform essential functions. Adaptations can be made to accommodate team members with disabilities. Regular standing, walking, and manual dexterity are fundamental, along with the ability to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds. Visual acuity requirements include close and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. In a healthcare setting, exposure to bodily fluids, infectious diseases, and conditions typical to the field is expected. Routine use of standard medical equipment and tools associated with clinical care is essential.

Pay

Compensation range: $35.81-$51.93 per hour. The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Flexible time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Wellness programs designed for your well-being.

Schedule

• Day Shift.
• 5 days a week.
• Full Time.