Hospice Travel Social Worker

Moments Hospice; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car with fuel and insurance

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Generous PTO

401(k) with company matching

Job summary

Moments Hospice is seeking a Hospice Social Worker to travel to new locations and help the location go through survey and get up and running. The temporary assignment would typically last 13–26 weeks.

As a licensed social worker (LMSW or LCSW) at Moments Hospice, you will join a team dedicated to making our patients' final days, weeks, and months as comfortable as possible, with autonomy and variety in hospice care.

Qualifications

• MSW from CSWE-accredited program.
• Minimum of two years of social work experience in healthcare or social services.
• Current Social Worker license (LMSW or LCSW).
• Hospice experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of community resources and eligibility requirements.
• Understand Hospice philosophy and end-of-life care.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
• Contact patient, family, and caregiver within 48 hours of admission.
• Case Manager duties.
• Psychosocial must become part of patient's chart within 24 hours of completion.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
• Regularly assess pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
• Implement the Plan of Care to meet needs, including social service goals and counseling.
• Regularly re-evaluate the patient's and family's psychosocial needs.
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Assist with funeral arrangements if requested.
• Provide counseling during terminal illness and at the time of death if requested.

Skills

Autonomy

Traveling

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

MSW (CSWE-accredited)

Job description

This position will be traveling to new locations helping the location go thru survey and get up and running . The temporary assignment would typically last 13 -26 weeks.
Social workers looking for autonomy and variety should consider practicing in Hospice Care. As a Hospice Social Worker at Moments Hospice, you will join a team that is dedicated to making our patients' final days, weeks, and months as comfortable as possible.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Case Manager duties
• 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:

• Masters 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

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Company car with fuel and insurance covered
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous PTO accruing immediately
• 401(k) with company matching

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