Licensed Masters Social Worker - Full-time

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
• Regularly assess the pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
• Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet patient needs to include social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals, and pre-bereavement and bereavement care.
• Regularly re-evaluate the patient's and family's psychosocial needs.
• Attend weekly interdisciplinary meetings to identify risks that were not evident and/or assessed.
• Participate in on-call rotation with other social work team members as assigned or directed.
• Assist family and patient in planning for funeral arrangements, financial, legal, and health care decision responsibilities.
• Perform other LMSW duties as assigned by management to support department goals and initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Social Work.
• Professional Licensure as a Masters Social Worker in the State of employment.
• Clinical experience or formal training related to death, dying, and bereavement.
• Equivalent combination of specialized training, education and experience will be considered.
• Knowledgeable of hospice state and federal regulations.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, to include some evenings and weekends.
• Valid driver's license and auto liability insurance.