Social Worker

Harbor Hospice; Muskegon (MI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Harbor Hospice is seeking a Social Worker to join our team in Muskegon, Michigan. This full-time position (32 hours per week) includes weekend rotation and supports patients and families in home care or residential settings with psychosocial care.

You will perform comprehensive assessments, provide counseling, coordinate services, advocate for patients, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to ensure holistic, patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• MSW degree CSWE-accredited or related field in social services.
• Current Michigan Social Work License (LMSW/LLMSW) or related degree supervised by an LMSW.
• Driver's license required for field/home visits.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate social work services for home care or residence settings.
• Provide supportive counseling, anticipatory guidance, and assistance to patients and families.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and develop/execute interventions.
• Advocate for patient and family needs and link to community resources.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care and discharge planning.

Education

MSW CSWE accredited

LMSW/LLMSW license or related degree

Driver's license

Job description

Social Worker - Full Time, 32 hours per week with rotation of weekends

QUALIFICATIONS

• Is a graduate of a Master’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and holds current certification in the State of Michigan or has a Master’s degree in psychology, sociology, counseling, human services or other field related to Social Work who would be supervised by an LMSW.
• Current State of Michigan Social Work License (LMSW or LLMSW) and Drivers License.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Coordinates social work services for the home care program or Poppen residence in community based home or facility setting. Provides supportive counseling, anticipatory guidance and assistance to patients and their families with personal, psychosocial, psychoeducation, and environmental difficulties related to the patient’s illness.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES (other duties may be assigned)

• Knowledge of the social services concept and philosophy.
• Assesses the psychosocial status of patients/families/caregivers related to the patient’s illness and environment in the patient’s identified residence.
• Assesses risk and intervenes clinically to identify potential for complicated grief and explores anticipatory bereavement related to possible death and multiple aspects of loss and adaption along the continuum of illness.
• Plans, develops and carries out interventions based on the psychosocial assessment.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of planned interventions and Manages IDT patient plan of care.
• Provides strength based, person centered and family centered, comprehensive psychosocial assessment.
• Provides psychosocial interventions with the highest integrity related to cultural appropriateness and developmental stage along the continuum of illness including
• Supportive Counseling
• Anticipatory guidance
• Advocacy
• Facilitation of family meetings
• Linkage to community resources
• Non-pharmacological pain and symptom management
• Provides clinical guidance and consultation to interdisciplinary team, including social workers and case managers, prompting continuity of care as well as safe and comprehensive care coordination and discharge planning as indicated.
• Formulates hypotheses about nature and etiology of problems.
• Negotiates with patient/family/caregiver to establish goals.
• Manages and enhances community partnerships. Facilitates educational opportunities with focus on hospice care for clinical and ancillary providers.
• Participates in System Improvement and Quality Initiatives.
• Identifies and addresses disparity within and barriers to effective social services care.
• Follows standard precautions/infection control policies.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or scheduled form.