Medical Social Worker II - Hospice

Munsonhealthcare1; Cadillac (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Munson Healthcare in Cadillac, MI is seeking a licensed Master’s level Social Worker to provide direct social work services, including counseling, crisis intervention, and resource planning for patients and families. You will assess psychosocial status, collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, and plan safe discharges.

The role emphasizes connecting patients with community resources, documenting progress in the EMR, and supporting care transitions with a patient-centered approach.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work from the CSWE is required.
• Experience in clinical or family work is needed; home care or hospice preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide social work services including short-term individual counseling, crisis intervention counseling, and community resource planning.
• Assess the client's psychosocial status, emotional factors related to illness, and safety concerns.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care coordination and discharge planning.
• Identify and utilize community resources and assess ability to access them.
• Document evaluation data, progress notes, and interventions in the EMR.
• Support patient/family response to interventions and coordinate with care teams.

Skills

Counseling

Crisis intervention

Care coordination

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Risk assessment

Education

Master's degree in Social Work (CSWE)

Tools

EMR

Job description

A Day in the Life

Provides social work services including short-term individual counseling, community resource planning and crisis intervention counseling, community resource planning and crisis intervention.

Assesses of the client's psychosocial status, emotional factors related to illness, environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety, the patient/family psychosocial status and response to psychosocial interventions, family dynamics and communication patterns, potential for risk of suicide and/or abuse or neglect.

Participates in effective interdisciplinary care coordination, identification of problems, development of a plan of care, adherence to the plan of care and discharge planning.

Identifies and utilizes appropriate community resources and assesses patient/family ability to access them. Evaluates patient/family response to interventions when referred to community agency and satisfaction of the services provided.

Records in a timely manner evaluation data, progress notes, and interventions including client and family's response to interventions in the electronic medical record.

What's Required

• Master's degree in Social Work from the Council on Social Work Education.
• Current Michigan License as a Master's Social Worker required.
• 2 years of clinical or family work experience. Home care or hospice experience preferred.

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.