Travel LCSW - Full Time Contract

About the role

This opportunity supports hospice and outpatient bereavement services in Albany, OR. The role involves advocating for patients and families, coordinating resources, providing grief and loss counseling, and collaborating with interdisciplinary hospice teams to support patients in home settings, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and adult foster homes.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for patients and families
• Cook up resources for patients and families
• Provide grief and loss counseling
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary hospice teams
• Support patients in home settings, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and adult foster homes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social services, counseling, or psychology required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience or education in grief or loss counseling required.
• Healthcare Provider Level BLS required.
• Experience working in hospice, home health, or related community settings preferred.
• Current state licensure or credentials as required for the role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work (MSW) from an accredited program preferred.
• Previous experience coordinating bereavement programs or hospice social work preferred.

Assignment Details

• Shift hours: 0800-1630.
• Occasional weekends required.
• May include work in patient homes, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and other community settings.

Benefits

• Full Medical Benefits & 401k Matching Plan.
• 24/7 Recruiter support by text, phone, or email.
• Competitive referral bonuses.
• Travel and license reimbursement.

Impacting Patient Care

Serve patients and families through the final stages of illness by delivering social work services focused on pain and symptom management, medical social services, counseling, spiritual support, hospice aides coordination, and bereavement support. Work within an interdisciplinary hospice team to provide family-centered care across multiple counties and settings.

Location Highlights

• Albany, OR offers access to regional parks and cultural attractions within short drives.
• The city is approximately a 30- to 60-minute drive to Willamette Valley wineries and about 30 miles from the Oregon Coast, providing coastal recreation options.
• Albany features the Historic Downtown district, walking trails along the Willamette River, and access to outdoor recreation in nearby Silver Falls State Park, roughly 30 miles east, for hiking and waterfalls.
• The area supports a suburban lifestyle with regional transit connections to Salem and Corvallis within commutable distances.

EEO Statement

At Jackson Healthcare and its family of companies, we are an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our associates.