Medical Social Worker II - Hospice

Munson Healthcare • Cadillac, MI

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About The Position

The Medical Social Worker II provides social work services in a hospice setting, including short-term individual counseling, community resource planning, and crisis intervention counseling. The role assesses patients’ psychosocial status, emotional factors related to illness, environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety, and patient and family responses to psychosocial interventions. It also evaluates family dynamics and communication patterns, as well as potential risk of suicide, abuse, or neglect.

The social worker participates in interdisciplinary care coordination, identifying problems, developing and supporting adherence to a plan of care, and discharge planning. The role identifies appropriate community resources, assesses whether patients and families can access them, and evaluates their responses and satisfaction with services provided by community agencies. Evaluation data, progress notes, interventions, and client and family responses must be recorded promptly in the electronic medical record.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work from a Council on Social Work Education-accredited program.
• Current Michigan license as a Master’s Social Worker.
• Two years of clinical or family work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Home care or hospice experience preferred.

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 obstacles to maintaining safety.
• Assess patient and family psychosocial status and responses to psychosocial interventions.
• Evaluate family dynamics and communication patterns, and assess potential risk of suicide, abuse, or neglect.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care coordination, problem identification, care-plan development, adherence to the plan of care, and discharge planning.
• Identify appropriate community resources and assess patient and family ability to access them.
• Evaluate patient and family responses to community-agency referrals and satisfaction with services provided.
• 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 employees and their families.
• Personalized support for personal or family challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level