Hospice Social Worker

Confidential - Home Health Care
Chicago, IL, US
Full-time

Job Description

Job Description

The success of our company is dependent upon teamwork. Our specially trained team includes doctors, nurses (NP, LPN and RN), social workers, certified nursing assistants, spiritual counselors, therapists and volunteers, just to name a few.

The one thing we are missing is YOU please join us!

As a Hospice Licensed Medical (LMSW) or Licensed Clinical Social Work (LCSW) , you will :

  • Provide wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
  • Responsible for making contact with patient, family, and caregiver within 48 hours of admission.
  • Psychosocial must become part of patient's chart within 24 hours of completion.
  • Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
  • Regularly assess the pre- bereavement / anticipatory grief needs.
  • Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet their needs, which include : social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals pre-bereavement and bereavement care.
  • Regularly re-evaluate the patient's and family's psychosocial needs.
  • Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings.
  • Assist with making funeral arrangements if requested.
  • Provide counseling during the process of the terminal illness and at the time of death if requested.

Qualifications :

  • Master's Degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
  • Minimum of two year social work experience in a healthcare setting or social services agency
  • Current Social Worker license
  • Hospice experience a plus
  • Knowledge of and ability to obtain community resources (information and referral, state / federal financial programs and eligibility requirements, etc.).
  • Understand Hospice philosophy, principles of death / dying
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Case Worker
  • 30+ days ago
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