Social Worker - Home Care

About the role

VITAS Healthcare is a leading end-of-life care provider established in 1978. We prioritize care for patients and their families, empowering our team members to grow and transform lives through our best-in-class employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones during their final days.
• Affirmatively ensure that VITAS patients have their affairs in order regarding finances, funeral arrangements, and other matters.
• Navigate the grieving process for patients' loved ones, offering guidance and support.
• Engage in various tasks, from fulfilling end-of-life wishes to simply listening to patients at their bedside.

Requirements

• Ability to travel as required.
• Thorough knowledge of community resources or willingness to acquire such knowledge.
• Knowledge of key psychosocial issues affecting terminally ill patients and their families, along with effective interventions to address these issues.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Strong listening and communication skills.
• Proven ability to advocate for patients and families within the patient/family unit, within the interdisciplinary group (IDG), and with community agencies.
• Provide emotional and psychological support, counseling, crisis intervention, bereavement support, and grief counseling.
• Show empathy and compassion towards seriously ill patients and their families.

Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited school, or equivalent experience where licensure is allowed by state regulations.
• At least one year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience working with terminally ill patients and their families, particularly in counseling and support roles.
• Licenses and certifications required by state minimum standards, depending on location (e.g., LBSW, LMSW, etc.).