Social Worker

VITAS Healthcare; Marianna (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Social Worker to perform psychosocial assessments and provide supportive counseling to patients and families in Marianna, Florida. Responsibilities include developing care plans, attending team meetings, and referring patients to appropriate resources. Candidates must possess a Master's of Social Work from an accredited school and have at least one year of experience in a healthcare setting. This position emphasizes the importance of quality psychosocial care for terminally ill patients.

Qualifications

• Masters of Social Work required from an accredited school.
• At least one year of social work experience in a health care setting.
• Preferred experience with terminally ill patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning.
• Performs bio-psycho-social assessments.
• Provides supportive counseling to individuals and families.
• Refers patients to community resources.
• Maintains documentation in patient records.
• Attends team meetings for care planning.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Counseling

Community resource referral

Documentation

Education

Masters of Social Work

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• 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 maintained.
• 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 appropriate.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation in the patient medical record.
• Attends weekly team meetings for plan of care.
• Participates in patient case conferences.
• Provides psychosocial education and consultation to the core IDG.
• 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.

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.

Minimum State Requirements For The Following States

CT: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
DC: Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW)
DE: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
GA: MSW must be supervised by LCSW up to obtaining LMSW
IL: Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
NJ: Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
OH: Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
TX: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)
WI: Social Worker Certificate

Special Instructions to Candidates

• EOE/AA M/F/D/V