Social Worker

VITAS Healthcare

Lenexa (KS)

On-site

USD 37,195 - 41,328

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A healthcare organization in Lenexa, KS, is seeking a Social Worker to perform assessments, provide psychosocial education, and offer counseling to patients and families. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in Social Work and at least one year of experience in a healthcare setting. This role includes participating in care planning and providing bereavement care as needed. Competitive hourly wage of $27 - $30 is offered.

Qualifications

1+ years of social work experience in a health care setting.
Experience with terminally ill patients and their families is preferred.
License/certification as required by State.

Responsibilities

Perform psychosocial assessments and develop outcomes.
Provide supportive counseling and casework interventions.
Participate in team meetings and care planning.

Skills

Excellent listening and communication skills

Ability to relate well with others

Knowledge of psychosocial issues

Education

Masters of Social Work

Job description

The Social Worker is that member of the core interdisciplinary group whose primary function is to perform an assessment of psychosocial symptoms of the patient and family, develop psychosocial outcomes for alleviating identified symptoms and help provide the psychoeducation, supportive counseling and casework interventions needed to meet these outcomes. The Social Worker also provides psychosocial education and consultation to the IDG.

Salary Range: $27 - $30 / Hour

Participates in the preparation, evaluation and execution of the interdisciplinary plan of care to assure that the highest quality psychosocial care is provided to patients/families and that continuity and comprehensiveness of care are
Performs bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessments of patient/families, rather than diagnostic
Provides individual and family supportive counseling, rather than
Refers patient and family to appropriate community resources as
Maintains accurate and timely documentation in the patient medical
Attends weekly team meeting to plan of care
Participates in patient case
Provides psychosocial education and consultation to the core
Participates in psychosocial supervision meetings and other trainings. May provide supervision to other psychosocial team members, including social work interns at the direction of the team manager.
May act as the coordinator and communicator of volunteer interventions on the plan of care.
Provides bereavement care, including bereavement group activities.
Participates in psychosocial spiritual on-call rotation/schedule as assigned.

Job Requirements

Ability to travel per job requirements.
Thorough knowledge of community resources or the desire/ability to obtain this knowledge.
Knowledge of key psychosocial issues prevalent with terminally ill patients and their family/caregivers, including the knowledge of effective psychosocial interventions to address those issues.
Capacity to relate and work well with others as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Excellent listening and communication skills.
Ability to be an effective patient and family advocate—both within the patient/family unit, within the core IDG, and within community agencies and the like.

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

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