MSW Hospice Bereavement Counselor — Travel Up to 50%

Hinds Hospice; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Flexible Spending Account

401(k) with employer match

Life/AD&D insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Credit Union membership

Paid Time Off (24.5 days per year for

Job summary

Hinds LifeCare in Fresno, CA is seeking an MSW Bereavement Support Specialist to join the Center for Grief & Healing. This full-time role supports grieving families, conducts risk assessments, offers counseling, and helps develop care plans.

The position involves home visits, follow-up calls, and online grief education. On-call hours include evenings and weekends. Qualifications include a Master’s degree in Social Work and experience in grief and loss.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work with 1–3 years of relevant experience.
• Prior professional experience with grief and loss and clinical counseling.
• One year experience in acute, long-term care or homecare/hospice preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work with health team personnel.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provides bereavement risk assessments, and supportive counseling and interventions to those experiencing the loss of a loved one.
• Participates in the development of the plan of care based on psychosocial factors and identifies specific problems and interventions.
• Makes home visits as needed and phone calls to provide supportive care to the bereaved including Angel Babies families and for LOSS team calls.
• Makes follow-up phone calls and appropriate referrals as needed.
• Documents all home visits, telephone calls, and staff communications.
• Assists hospice team in understanding psychosocial and cultural factors relating to patients terminal status and family strengths/weaknesses as pertains to anticipatory grief.
• Provides grief education and support online via social media platforms.
• Assists with Grant writing for program development.
• On-call hours evenings, weekends, holidays

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Valid driver's license

Computer Program/System familiarity

Education

Master's degree in social work

Tools

Computer Program/System

Job description

Hinds LifeCare in Fresno, CA is seeking an MSW Bereavement Support Specialist to join the Center for Grief & Healing. This full-time role supports grieving families, conducts risk assessments, offers counseling, and helps develop care plans.

The position involves home visits, follow-up calls, and online grief education. On-call hours include evenings and weekends. Qualifications include a Master’s degree in Social Work and experience in grief and loss.