Social Worker – MSW – Hospice Homecare

About the role

Aspirus At Home is seeking a SOCIAL WORKER – MSW to join our Hospice field team to cover sites within Northern WI (Eagle River, Woodruff, Tomahawk, Rhinelander).

Responsibilities

• Assists patients and families in coping with concerns related to end of life
• Works with patients and families to obtain psychosocial history
• Assists patients in resolving environmental difficulties interfering with attainment of maximum quality of life
• Conducts routine discharge planning
• Directs patients to designated community agencies or resources, as necessary
• Serves as a core interdisciplinary member who provides necessary social work services to patients/families under the direction of a physician

Schedule

Full Time or 1.0 FTE, 80 hours every pay period, 8-hour day shifts Monday – Friday

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work from a social work curriculum accredited school or approved by the Council on Social Work Education
• Possesses Wisconsin or Michigan Certified Social Worker licensure required per the state in which you are practicing
• Minimum of one-year medical social work experience required
• Possesses and maintains a valid Wisconsin or Michigan Driver's License required
• Possesses automobile liability insurance with minimum $100,000/$300,000 coverage required
• Demonstrates interpersonal skills to obtain information from patients and families, provide counseling to same, and interact effectively with patients, families and hospital personnel
• Displays analytical skills in order to assess patients' needs, develop associated discharge planning and provide sound advice and guidance
• Displays ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when interviewing patients, providing therapy, preparing discharge plans and the like
• Ability to cope with a work environment that deals with death, dying and bereavement
• Tolerates exposure to animals

Additional preferred qualifications

• Coursework in Medical Social Work beneficial
• Academic concentration regarding psychosocial aspects of terminal illness and bereavement, and education in death, dying, grief and loss beneficial
• Social work experience working with the terminally ill and on multidisciplinary teams preferred
• Previous professional experience working with Hospice, and in medical and home settings beneficial