Clinical Social Worker

VITAS Healthcare; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VITAS Healthcare seeks a hospice social worker to provide compassionate emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones at a pivotal time.

The role involves helping families organize affairs, navigate finances and funeral wishes, and guiding them through the grieving process with a dedicated interdisciplinary team. Office visits occur weekly to coordinate care across RNs, physicians, chaplains, and nurses.

Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work is required.
• At least one year of social work experience in a health care setting.
• License and/or certification may be required by state.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones during end-of-life care.
• Help patients and families ensure end-of-life affairs are in order, including finances and funeral arrangements.
• Support families through the grieving process and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Visit patients in their homes and, about once a week, come to the office to collaborate with RNs, physicians, chaplains, and nurses.

Skills

One year social work experience

License and/or Certification

Education

Masters of Social Work

Job description

Who We Are

We are VITAS Healthcare, the nation's leading end-of-life care provider since 1978.

What You’ll Do

As a hospice social worker, you will provide emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones during an important and vulnerable time. You will ensure VITAS patients reach the end of life with their affairs in order, honoring their wishes for finances, funeral arrangements, and more. Their loved ones will trust you to help them navigate the grieving process.

Whether you’re granting an end-of-life wish or simply listening to a patient’s stories at their bedside, your actions-large and small-will make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

Each day is different for our social workers. You will spend most of your time caring for hospice patients wherever they call home, which may be a private residence, or an assisted living/skilled nursing facility.

About once a week, you'll come to the office to meet with the rest of your interdisciplinary team: the RNs, physicians, chaplains, and fellow nurses who work together to provide 360-degree support to the patients and families we serve.

What’s Expected From You

VITAS social workers honor the trust of our patients and center others in their work. In addition to having your social work license, reliable transportation, and at least one year of social work experience in a health care setting, you'll approach your work with the traits that make the VITAS Difference: Commitment, Compassion, and a Can-do Attitude.

You will keep patient welfare at the center of everything you do, giving your best each day in service of our core commitment: Extending comfort and dignity to all people at the end of their life’s journey.

Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work required from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, unless grandfathered in per the 2008 Medicare Hospice Condition of Participation
• At least one year social work experience in a health care setting.
• Experience as a social worker with the terminally ill and their families, preferred
• License and/or Certification if required by State

Minimum State Requirements for the following states: CT: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) DC: Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) DE: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) FL: Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) GA: MSW must be supervised by LCSW up to obtaining LMSW IL: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) NJ: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) OH: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) TX: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) WI: Social Worker Certificate

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• EOE/AA M/F/D/V