Hospice Social Worker: Family Support & Bereavement

Immediate Home Care; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); In loco; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Immediate Home Care in Philadelphia seeks a Hospice Social Worker to deliver psychosocial assessments, ongoing counseling, bereavement services, and community education to patients and families in the Philadelphia area.

You will provide emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial support, advocate for patients, and coordinate referrals while adhering to IDG care plans and hospice policies.

Competenze

• Masters in Social Work completed.
• Experience working in Hospice field is required.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel within the service territory.

Mansioni

• Conducts psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, and bereavement assessments and helps develop IDG care plans.
• Performs ongoing reassessments of patient/family needs and provides counseling as required.
• Provides short-term crisis intervention and individual or family counseling when indicated.
• Delivers services under physician direction and in alignment with the plan of care.
• Participates as a Bereavement Team member as assigned.
• Shares information about psychosocial and financial conditions affecting patient and family with IDG.
• Advocates for the patient/family unit and coordinates community referrals.
• Documents psychosocial and spiritual assessments clearly in the patient record.
• Records all visits, calls and referrals in the patient record per policy.
• Provides ongoing counseling related to death and dying as needed.
• Attends staff meetings, IDG and other meetings as assigned.
• Contributes to orientation and adheres to Hospice policies.
• Maintains professional development and Hospice philosophy in daily work.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Director/Manager of Patient Services.

Conoscenze

Hospice experience

Driver's license

Travel willingness

Formazione

Master's degree in Social Work

Descrizione del lavoro

Immediate Home Care in Philadelphia seeks a Hospice Social Worker to deliver psychosocial assessments, ongoing counseling, bereavement services, and community education to patients and families in the Philadelphia area.

You will provide emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial support, advocate for patients, and coordinate referrals while adhering to IDG care plans and hospice policies.