Social Worker Hospice

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Job Summary :

The Hospice Social Worker provides emotional support, counseling, and resource navigation to patients with life-limiting illnesses and their families. Working as part of an interdisciplinary hospice care team, the Social Worker helps address the psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, and practical needs of patients, ensuring a high quality of life throughout the end-of-life journey. This role involves comprehensive psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, advance care planning, and coordination of community services in accordance with hospice philosophy and regulatory guidelines. This role primarily hospice however, home health patients may be seen as well.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Conduct initial and ongoing psychosocial assessments of hospice patients and families to determine emotional, social, and environmental needs.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary hospice team.
• Provide emotional support, grief counseling, and crisis intervention to patients, families, and caregivers.
• Assist patients and families with end-of-life planning, including advance directives, funeral arrangements, and decision-making support.
• Educate patients and families on available community resources and assist with referrals for services such as financial aid, transportation, housing, or caregiver support.
• Serve as a liaison between the patient / family and community agencies, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, or assisted living facilities as needed.
• Document all social work interactions, assessments, and interventions accurately and in compliance with regulatory requirements and agency policy.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure cohesive and coordinated care.
• Support bereavement services, including follow-up contact with families after the patients death and participation in memorial events or grief support groups.
• Comply with all Medicare / Medicaid regulations and HIPAA standards for patient confidentiality and care.
• Maintain professional licensure and participate in ongoing training and education to stay current with best practices in hospice and palliative care.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Minimum Requirements

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Experience

One year of previous experience as a social worker in a medical setting is preferred. Working knowledge of Medicare / Medicaid regulations, death and grief issues, Condition of Participation, and community resources preferred.

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