Medical Social Worker II - Hospice
About The Position
Provides social work services in a hospice setting, including short-term individual counseling, community resource planning, and crisis intervention counseling. Assesses clients’ psychosocial status; emotional factors related to illness; environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety; patient and family psychosocial status and response to interventions; family dynamics and communication patterns; and potential risk of suicide, abuse, or neglect. Participates in interdisciplinary care coordination, problem identification, care-plan development and adherence, and discharge planning. Identifies appropriate community resources and assesses whether patients and families can access them. Evaluates patient and family responses to community-agency referrals and their satisfaction with services. Timely documentation of evaluation data, progress notes, interventions, and client and family responses is required in the electronic medical record.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Current Michigan license as a Master’s Social Worker.
- 2 years of clinical or family work experience.
Nice To Haves
- Home care or hospice experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide short-term individual counseling, community resource planning, and crisis intervention counseling.
- Assess clients’ psychosocial status, emotional factors related to illness, environmental resources and safety obstacles, family dynamics and communication patterns, responses to psychosocial interventions, and potential risks of suicide, abuse, or neglect.
- Participate in interdisciplinary care coordination, identify problems, develop and support adherence to plans of care, and contribute to discharge planning.
- Identify and use appropriate community resources and assess patients’ and families’ ability to access them.
- Evaluate patient and family responses to community-agency referrals and satisfaction with services.
- Document evaluation data, progress notes, interventions, and client and family responses in the electronic medical record in a timely manner.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- In-person and online development opportunities
- Access to a career hub
- Full benefits
- Paid holidays
- Generous paid time off
- Employee discounts
- Free individual retirement counseling
- Free wellness platform for the employee and family
- Personalized support for personal or family challenges
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
