Social worker - FT Days Facilties Red Team Overland Park KS

Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance HRA

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k Retirement Savings Plan (Company

Job summary

Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is seeking a Social Worker to assist patients, families and primary caregivers, helping adjust to illness and grief while addressing practical and environmental concerns.

The ideal candidate will hold a Master’s degree in Social Work and an LMSW license for Kansas and Missouri, with on-site hours Monday–Friday. We offer competitive wages, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work is required.
• Valid LMSW licensure in Kansas and Missouri is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients, families and primary caregivers in adjusting to illness and grief.
• Provide grief counseling according to individual needs.
• Support in resolving issues related to medical, financial and environmental challenges at end of life.

Education

Master’s degree in Social Work

LMSW license in Kansas and Missouri

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suite

Electronic Medical Records (Suncoast)

Job description

• Location 10100 W 87th St #100,Overland Park, KS, 66212,United States
• Job Category Social Worker , Clinical
• Employee Type Full-Time

Contact information

• Name Human Resources
• Phone [phone]
• Email [e-mail]

Description

Social Worker

We invite you to take a bold step with us. Join the team that’s offering expert care, peace of mind,comfort, guidance, and hope to people affected by serious illness or grief around Kansas City. At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we work together – one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.

We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:

• We offer generous and competitive wages and benefits!
• Full time hours: Monday - Friday 8 hour shifts (8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m.)
• On call responsibilities 2 times a month, evening/weekends
• We support a work-life balance that allows you to contribute to high quality service while maintaining a good work life balance
• A work environment defined by openness, communication, good humor, mutual support and accountability
• A team striving for quality in all we do and continually seeking opportunities to improve

Summary/Objective:

The Social Worker assists patients, families and primary caregivers in adjusting to illness and grief, resolving personal, financial and environmental issues that occur with expected death, and provides grief counseling according to individual family, and primary caregiver needs.

The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Social Work required, with motivation to work with the dying and bereaved.
• Minimum one (1) year post Master’s professional experience in Social Work required; prior experience working in a medical Social Work and/or Community Based program preferred
• Prior, relevant experience providing grief counseling or social work services in a hospice setting preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate clinical judgment and decision making based on knowledge of social work practices, techniques, and ethics.
• Valid, unencumbered Social Work licensure (LMSW) in Kansas and Missouri required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required; working knowledge of Google Suite, preferred.
• Prior working knowledge of Electronic Medical Systems (EMRs) required; prior experience with Suncoast preferred

Insurance: Medical Insurance HRA, Dental, Vision, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Voluntary Life, Short and Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness, Pre-Paid Legal and Identity Theft, Pet Insurance

Time Off: Generous PTO accrual program, Generous Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Day

Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement Programs:

• Tuition Assistance
• Additionally 2-Year Loan Assistance Agreement
• Federal Student Loan (Perkins Loan) Forgiveness: As a Benefit of working at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, a qualified employer non-profit organization, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness. Contact your lender for additional information.
• Career Growth and Annual Scholarship opportunities including Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse (CHPN) reimbursement, Company paid CEU’s and ongoing training

And More!!! : Company Paid Employee Assistance Program offering 10 sessions per year, per event, Flexible Spending Account, Mileage Reimbursement, 403b Retirement Savings Plan and Company Match, Generous Employee Referral Program

** All benefits are available to regular full-time employees hired to work 60 hours or more per pay period, benefits offered differ for PT employees

Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We don’t just accept differences—we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.