Social Worker (LMSW)

Choice Health at Home; Athens (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Choice Health at Home is seeking a licensed LMSW to join our hospice team in Athens, TX. The Social Worker provides emotional, social, and practical support to patients and families, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to coordinate home-based care.

Responsibilities include completing comprehensive psychosocial assessments within 5 days of election of hospice, assisting with advance directives and discharge planning, and offering end-of-life counseling and resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from an accredited school.
• One or more years of Hospice experience required.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and completes the Comprehensive Assessment within 5 days of the patient’s election of hospice care to identify psycho-social, financial, environmental, and community needs.
• Assists with advance directives, funeral planning, discharge planning, and family counseling as indicated by patient/family needs.
• Provides patient and family/caregiver counseling around end-of-life, death, and grief.
• Attends interdisciplinary team meetings and coordinates with the IDG to ensure coordinated home-based care.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Care coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work

Job description

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Social Worker (LMSW)

Social Work PART-TIME Athens, TX, Athens, TX, US

A Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in hospice care provides emotional, social, and practical support to terminally ill patients and their families as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Primary function is to provide coordinated care in the home to patients of all age groups and perform psychosocial assessments, analysis, counseling and referrals to meet the needs of the patient/family.

As a Social Worker , you will:

Assesses and completes the Comprehensive Assessment within 5 days of the patient’s election of hospice care to identify patient and family’s psycho social, financial, environmental and community needs as evidenced by POC documentation, clinical records, IDG meetings and community resource referrals.

Assists with advance directives, funeral planning, discharge planning, family counseling and may assist in changes in the level of care as indicated by the patient or family’s needs.

Use effective interpersonal relations and communication skills to achieve desirable outcomes.

Provides patient and family/caregiver counseling around issues of end-of-life, death, and grief.

Attends interdisciplinary team meetings, participates in the patient care planning process and coordinating and collaborating with the IDG to promote coordination of patient care.

Provides an environment which promotes respect for patients and their privacy and property.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from an accredited school

One or more years of Hospice experience required