Hospice Social Worker, casual
Essentia Health
Building Location:Support Services BuildingDepartment:14010 Hospice ProgramJob Description:The Social Worker in collaboration with the hospice interdisciplinary team provides psychosocial interventions to all hospice patients/families/patient’s circle of support based on the biopsychosocial spiritual cultural assessment, patient/family’s goals-of-care and their acceptance of social work services promoting comfort, dignity, and well-being of the patient and their circle of support.
• Anticipates and attends to patient’s specific psychosocial needs
• Assists with end-of-life planning, and makes referrals to community resources
• Provides education on end-of-life process
• Assists with counseling around grief, family relationships, caregiver support needs, and emotional suffering related to end-of -life
• Provides crisis interventions when needed
• Assists with Advance Care Planning
• Advocates and promotes patient’s comfort and dignity through the end of their life reflective of their culture and values
• Provides care consistent with Medicare Conditions of Participation, Standards of Practice for Hospice Programs, and Essentia Health Hospice policies, and procedures
• Master’s prepared social worker may provide supervision to bachelor’s prepared social workers
• Master’s prepared social worker may provide education to hospice interdisciplinary team around psychosocial aspects present at the end-of-lifeEducation Qualifications:
• Anticipates and attends to patient’s specific psychosocial needs
• Assists with end-of-life planning, and makes referrals to community resources
• Provides education on end-of-life process
• Assists with counseling around grief, family relationships, caregiver support needs, and emotional suffering related to end-of -life
• Provides crisis interventions when needed
• Assists with Advance Care Planning
• Advocates and promotes patient’s comfort and dignity through the end of their life reflective of their culture and values
• Provides care consistent with Medicare Conditions of Participation, Standards of Practice for Hospice Programs, and Essentia Health Hospice policies, and procedures
• Master’s prepared social worker may provide supervision to bachelor’s prepared social workers
• Master’s prepared social worker may provide education to hospice interdisciplinary team around psychosocial aspects present at the end-of-lifeEducation Qualifications:
Educational Requirements:
A Master's degree in social work from an accredited social work (MSW) programLicensure/Certification Qualifications:Certification/Licensure Requirements:
Current State Social Work LicensureEast Range Hospice:
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator’s license as verified through appropriate licensing agency.Proof of current motor vehicle insurance.Duluth Hospice:
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator’s license as verified through appropriate licensing agency.Proof of current motor vehicle insurance.Itasca Hospice:
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator’s license as verified through appropriate licensing agency.Proof of current motor vehicle insurance.FTE:0Possible Remote/Hybrid Option:
Shift Rotation:Day Rotation (United States of America)Shift Start Time:Shift End Time:Weekends:Holidays:NoCall Obligation:NoUnion:Union Posting Deadline:
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