Social Worker PRN Weekends

Circle of Life; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Circle of Life Hospice seeks a Social Worker to join its interdisciplinary team in Arkansas. You will develop and oversee care plans addressing psychosocial, financial, and emotional needs for patients and families, and collaborate with community resources to provide support.

The role requires licensure and strong communication, organizational, and independent working skills; bilingual abilities are a plus and bereavement programs may be facilitated as needed.

Qualifications

• Must hold an unrestricted Arkansas Social Work license.
• Strong communication, organization, and independent working skills.
• Bilingual abilities a plus.
• Experience in hospice or healthcare environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee care plans addressing psychosocial, financial, and emotional needs for patients and families.
• Provide coverage for inpatient and/or outpatient Hospice program as needed.
• Liaise with community resources to find patient/family support.
• Mentor interns and students; facilitate bereavement programs.
• Work under COL policies and Arkansas Social Work licensure board.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Bilingual abilities

Education

Arkansas Social Work license

Job description

The Social Worker is an integral part of the Interdisciplinary team, responsible for the development and oversight of a plan of care for an assigned group of patients'/families' psychosocial, financial, and emotional needs. Provides coverage for the inpatient and/or outpatient Hospice program as needed. Liaisons with community resources to find support for the patient/families as needed. Flexibility with schedule to accommodate the patient and organization needs. Assists with mentoring of interns and other students. Assists with facilitating bereavement programs as needed. All Social work care will be delivered under the guidance of the best standard of practice, COL's policy and procedure and the Arkansas Social Work licensure board.

Requirements

• Current Arkansas Social Work license without restriction.
• Emotionally mature, objective, sensitive to people and their problems, able to handle responsibility, work independently, and maintain good working relationships with patients, families and coworkers.
• Bilingual abilities a plus.
• Excellent computer, phone, reading, writing, and communicating skills required.
• Ability to organize information, time and workload to optimize efficiency.
• Ability to work outside normal office hours, including call coverage, and to handle emergencies as required in order to meet needs of patients and families.
• Good working knowledge of the Social Work scope of practice and regulations.
• Satisfactory results of a current TB skin test, annual TB fit test, and annual flu vaccine required.
• Knowledge of dynamics of death and dying, bereavement and end of life issues preferred.
• Experience in a hospice or healthcare environment preferred.