Job Summary: 

• Collaborate with the Resident Care Manager and/or Director to identify resident needs
• Provide ongoing casework, including interviews, crisis intervention, grief counseling, psychosocial assessments, information and referral, discharge planning, suicide risk assessments and advocacy
• Responsible for completing social history and updating resident information
• Provide one-on-one counseling for residents/families/staff
• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning and completes progress notes or updates
• Assist residents/families with applications and eligibility for programs
• Conduct family meetings to prepare the resident/family for a level of care change
• Work as part of the interdisciplinary team to accomplish the goals of the department and the organization
• Maintain a working knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security and other benefits

Skills on Resume: 

• Collaboration(Soft Skills)
• Crisis Intervention(Hard Skills)
• Grief Counseling(Hard Skills)
• Psychosocial Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Case Management(Hard Skills)
• Communication(Soft Skills)
• Advocacy(Soft Skills)
• Benefit Knowledge(Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Maintain working knowledge of the Probate court system and the various community-based agencies that could be of benefit to residents.
• Follows established Infection Control and Universal Precautions policies and procedures
• Provide educational seminars/in-services for staff/residents  
• Provide educational presentations for outside groups.
• Makes home visits to prospective move-ins for assessment and alignment with the appropriate level of care.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and QAPI.
• Collaborates with the Assisted Living staff to support transitions of care and ongoing social work needs based on the site of care.
• Maintains a record of acceptable attendance and punctuality. 
• Observes all Judson rules and safety procedures.

Skills on Resume: 

• Probate Knowledge(Hard Skills)
• Infection Control(Hard Skills)
• Educational Training(Hard Skills)
• Presentation Skills(Soft Skills)
• Home Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Quality Improvement(Hard Skills)
• Collaboration(Soft Skills)
• Attendance Reliability(Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Deliver varied social work services to Hospice patients and their families. 
• Provide initial emotional, spiritual, psychosocial assessments, ongoing counseling, bereavement services and community education, outreach and referral. 
• Performs initial psychosocial, emotional, spiritual and bereavement assessments and assists in the development and implementation of goal-directed IDG care plan.
• Conducts ongoing reassessments of patient/family needs and counseling
• Provides short-term crisis intervention and individual or family counseling 
• Provides services under the direction of a physician (who approves the plan of care).
• Participates as a member of the Bereavement Team
• Observes, assesses and brings to IDG conferences information regarding psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, physical and financial conditions affecting the patient and family.

Skills on Resume: 

• Social Work(Hard Skills)
• Psychosocial Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Counseling(Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Support(Hard Skills)
• Crisis Intervention(Hard Skills)
• Team Participation(Soft Skills)
• Care Planning(Hard Skills)
• Observation Skills(Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assumes the active role of advocate for the patient/family unit.
• Develops and maintains contact with appropriate community agencies and services to promote interagency cooperation and to facilitate related referrals.
• Documents a comprehensive psychosocial, emotional and spiritual assessment clearly and concisely promptly.
• Record all patient/family visits, telephone contacts and referral actions in the patient record per policy.
• Provides ongoing counseling related to issues of death and dying to the patient and family 
• Attends staff meetings, IDG and other meetings
• Participates in the orientation program
• Adheres to all Hospice policies.
• Assumes responsibility for own personal and professional development and maintenance of skills in social work.

Skills on Resume: 

• Advocacy(Soft Skills)
• Community Outreach(Hard Skills)
• Assessment Documentation(Hard Skills)
• Record Keeping(Hard Skills)
• Counseling(Hard Skills)
• Team Meetings(Soft Skills)
• Orientation Participation(Soft Skills)
• Professional Development(Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provides direction, supervision and evaluation of medical social services to patients in the home to ensure compliance with state practice acts (s) and policies and procedures, applicable healthcare standards, governmental laws, and regulations
• Instructs, treats, observes and evaluates patients exhibiting significant social and emotional problems affecting their health status
• Assists the physician and other health team members in understanding the significant social and emotional factors related to the patient's health problems
• Participates in the development and periodic re-evaluation of the physician's Plan of Treatment for patients needing social work services
• Utilizes special skills and judgment to resolve social and emotional responses connected with the illness
• Observes, records and reports changes in patients' condition and response to treatment to the Clinical Manager and the physician
• Participates in the discharge planning process
• Instructs/counsels patients and families in treating and coping with social and emotional responses connected with illnesses
• Provides ongoing assessment of patient and family needs and responses to teaching
• Participates in care coordination activities and acts as a resource to other health team members in the identification and resolution of patient needs
• Utilizes appropriate community resources to achieve identified objectives

Skills on Resume: 

• Supervision(Hard Skills)
• Patient Evaluation(Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration(Soft Skills)
• Care Planning(Hard Skills)
• Emotional Support(Hard Skills)
• Condition Monitoring(Hard Skills)
• Discharge Planning(Hard Skills)
• Resource Utilization(Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Supervises, instructs, and evaluates the performance of the Social Work Assistant (BSW) to assure that all medical social services are provided to patients in compliance with Company, government, and professional standards
• Maintains and submits documentation by the Company and/or facility, including any case conferences, patient/physician/community contacts, visit reports, progress notes, and confers with other health care disciplines in providing optimum patient care
• Attends, participates in, and/or conducts internal staff development programs, obtains continuing education by Company policies and regulations
• Maintains and enhances clinical practice skills
• Maintains the highest standards of professional conduct about information that is confidential information.
• Access shares information when the recipient's right is established and the sharing of such information is in the best interest of the patient
• Participates in Performance Improvement activities 
• Communicates information that enables data collection and root cause analysis to identify opportunities for improvement
• Works under general supervision
• Abides by and demonstrates the Company Mission, Vision, and Values through both behavior and job performance on a day-to-day basis
• Adheres to and participates in the Company's mandatory HIPAA privacy program/practices and Business Ethics and Compliance programs/practices
• Reviews and adheres to all Company policies and procedures and the Employee Handbook

Skills on Resume: 

• Supervisory Skills (Hard Skills)
• Detailed Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Staff Training (Soft Skills)
• Clinical Expertise (Hard Skills)
• Data Confidentiality (Hard Skills)
• Performance Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Compassionate care by listening to all customers and responding to their needs.
• Complete a psychosocial assessment on all patients according to state requirements.
• Assists patient and family with social concerns associated with the dying process by utilizing social services assessments, life review counseling, etc.
• Maintain up-to-date, accurate, and appropriate documentation daily.
• Provide for the psychosocial needs of all Hospice patients per the Plan of Care
• Maintain accumulation of CEUs per state guidelines for licensure.
• Act as a liaison between SHH and the patients and their families, addressing and assisting in finding solutions to any problems that arise.
• Attend and participate in continuing education programs and staff meetings.
• Provide emotional support to hospice staff and volunteers.

Skills on Resume: 

• Compassionate Care (Soft Skills)
• Psychosocial Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Social Support Services (Hard Skills)
• Accurate Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Care Plan Management (Hard Skills)
• Licensure Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Liaison Communication (Soft Skills)
• Emotional Support Skills (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Maintain the confidentiality of all protected health information, whether electronic, written, or oral, exposed to either during assigned duties or as a result of an incidental disclosure.
• Function as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide quality care to all patients.
• Foster self-respect and a feeling of worth in each patient by consistent kindness, understanding, and patience in their care.
• Participate in Safe Haven Hospice's Quality Improvement program.
• Assume responsibility for department compliance with federal, state, local, and corporate regulations.
• Observe all SHH policies and procedures, including but not limited to safety, infection control, residents’ rights, and those contained in the employee handbook.
• Provide social work services and bereavement services through the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care.
• Assist the members of the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team and patients and their families to understand the significance of social and emotional factors related to the patient’s care and beginning at the time of admission and continuing after a patient’s death up to thirteen (13) months.
• Participate in in-service programs and training both internally and externally to promote professional growth and understanding of Hospice.

Skills on Resume: 

• Data Confidentiality (Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Compassionate Care (Soft Skills)
• Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
• Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Policy Compliance (Hard Skills)
• Bereavement Support (Hard Skills)
• Professional Growth (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Acts has been setting the standard for excellence in senior retirement living since 1972, with a vision founded in faith and guided by a commitment to integrity and loving kindness.
• Acts believes strongly in providing employees with great benefits, such as professional development programs, university partnerships, employee discounts, employee appreciation events, wellness initiatives, and much more!
• Flexible scheduling, competitive wages, & mileage reimbursement! 24/7 On-call support staff available.
• Acts Hospice is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Hospice Social Worker position.
• Develops, provides, documents, and evaluates individualized social work assessment, counseling, and casework services to hospice participants and families according to the plan of care. 
• Counsels hospice Participants and families on issues related to self-determined life closure, safe and comfortable dying, and effective grieving, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT). 
• Rotating on-call responsibilities 
• Serves as a member of the IDT, consults and collaborates with other IDT members and others involved in the participant’s care, to meet participant and family/caregiver needs.
• Develops and executes the psychosocial component of the interdisciplinary care plan to ensure that the aims of continuity and comprehensiveness of care are accomplished

Skills on Resume: 

• Psychosocial Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Individual Counseling (Hard Skills)
• Case Management (Hard Skills)
• Grief Counseling (Hard Skills)
• On-Call Responsiveness (Soft Skills)
• Teamwork Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Care Plan Development (Hard Skills)
• Accurate Documentation (Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Communicates about hospice services to prospective participants, families, and referral sources 
• Provides psychosocial assessment, counseling services, and direct casework to hospice participants and their families/caregivers
• Supervises master’s level social work field placements, as available
• Documents problems, assessments, goals, interventions, and participant and family outcomes achieved
• Serves as an advocate and educator on bereavement and other hospice-related issues.
• Participates in hospice research planning and protocols
• Provides support to staff and volunteers who are coping with loss-related stress
• Orients staff and volunteers to the role of psychosocial services

Skills on Resume: 

• Clear Communication (Soft Skills)
• Psychosocial Assessment (Hard Skills)
• Supervisory Skills (Hard Skills)
• Accurate Documentation (Hard Skills)
• Patient Advocacy (Soft Skills)
• Research Involvement (Hard Skills)
• Supportive Skills (Soft Skills)
• Training Delivery (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Provides care and counseling to care of sick and hospice patients and families.
• Communicates effectively with members of the hospice IDT to promote team team-centered approach to care
• Attends Hospice IDT meetings
• Performs a comprehensive psychosocial assessment which addresses the relationship between the patient/family’s medical condition and psychosocial functioning, environmental issues, problems and strengths of the adult, geriatric, and pediatric patient and his/her support system, implications for the POC and social work goals and treatment plan.
• Partially or completely meets social work goals related to adult, geriatric, and pediatric patients’ medically related psychosocial problems through effective problem improvement or resolution.
• Provides education and counseling to the adult, geriatric, and pediatric patient and family/support system regarding care needs.
• Develops, implements and evaluates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions.Addresses all problems in the plan of care.
• Implements and evaluates orders promptly.

Skills on Resume: 

• Patient Care(Soft Skills)
• Effective Communication(Soft Skills)
• Team Collaboration(Soft Skills)
• Psychosocial Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Problem Resolution(Hard Skills)
• Patient Education(Hard Skills)
• Care Plan Development(Hard Skills)
• Order Implementation(Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Makes recommendations for additional home health care services and community services promptly.
• Utilizes agency educational material 
• Provides coordination of the plan of care and maintains continuity of client care with other health professionals assigned to the case.
• Attends client care conferences whenever needed.
• Initiates client care conferences for the complex and multidisciplinary clients 
• Documents patient visits accurately and timely manner, using outcome measures and other social work-related documentation tools to facilitate the orders for service, creation of time sheets, and other required patient/employment documents and reports.
• Communicates effectively and tactfully with clients, recognizing their age, cultural diversity, needs, abilities, and physical condition.
• Report to work on time, use time off appropriately, and complete annual education & medical requirements.

Skills on Resume: 

• Service Recommendations(Hard Skills)
• Educational Material Use(Hard Skills)
• Care Coordination(Hard Skills)
• Conference Participation(Soft Skills)
• Documentation(Hard Skills)
• Effective Communication(Soft Skills)
• Cultural Awareness(Soft Skills)
• Punctuality(Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assessment demonstrates that the psychological, emotional, and social needs related to the patient's health care issues are addressed.
• Identify and assess the psychological, emotional, and social factors affecting the outcome of the patient's health care issues.
• Involves the patient and family as participants in establishing goals and a treatment plan.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and abides by patient Rights and Responsibilities.
• Participates in Quality Assessment Quality Improvement Program (QAPI)
• Promote the desired outcomes in the patient/family's goals.
• Maintains high standards of professional practice by adhering to the ethics of the profession and keeping abreast of the latest evidence-based practices and professional advances.
• Consistently and appropriately draws from and uses a variety of skills and interventions during hospice care.
• Assists with in-service education to agency staff through formal and informal sessions. 
• Attends conferences, in-services, and meetings.
• Ensure a comprehensive plan of treatment to promote the desired outcome for the patient’s/family’s goals.
• Assists the physician, other members of the interdisciplinary team, patient and family in understanding the significant social and emotional factors related to the patient’s individualized hospice plan of care.

Skills on Resume: 

• Psychosocial Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Goal Setting(Hard Skills)
• Confidentiality(Hard Skills)
• Quality Improvement(Hard Skills)
• Ethical Practice(Hard Skills)
• Intervention Skills(Hard Skills)
• Staff Education(Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration(Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Participates in the development of the hospice plan of care and discharge planning 
• Consistently uses MSW training and skills (communication, group dynamics and process, team interaction) to develop and implement a coordinated plan of care.
• Assessment and clinical interventions demonstrate knowledge of the interplay between various medical diagnoses/health care issues and psychosocial factors.
• Assesses the social and emotional factors to estimate the family’s capacity and potential to cope with problems of daily living with a terminally ill family member.
• Consistently uses knowledge of various medical diagnoses and health care issues in developing appropriate psychosocial interventions. 
• Helps the family understand, accept, and follow medical recommendations and provides services planned to attain optimal social and health adjustment.
• Assists patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties, which predispose toward illness or interfere with obtaining optimal quality of life and comfort.
• Utilizes resources, such as family and community agencies, to assist the family in the community.
• Meets established Legacy Preferred Employee Profile. 
• Considers the needs of patients and their families, other employees, physicians, visitors, volunteers, vendors, and members of the community in an informative, courteous, and compassionate manner.
• Understands and applies social work principles and ethics in addressing the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of the patient to the economic/ political forces affecting the care of patients/ families (e.g., insurance benefits, diminishing resources, changes in community focus).

Skills on Resume: 

• Care Planning(Hard Skills)
• Communication Skills(Hard Skills)
• Clinical Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Family Support(Soft Skills)
• Psychosocial Intervention(Hard Skills)
• Resource Utilization(Hard Skills)
• Compassion(Soft Skills)
• Ethical Practice(Hard Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Assess and document patient/family social, emotional, financial, and psychological needs as well as resources on the Comprehensive Assessment.
• Assist patient and/or family with establishing DNR, advance directives, and/or DPOA or Healthcare proxy
• Assess and arrange patient placement such as Long Term Care, Assisted Living Facilities, and GIP by patient/family needs.
• Work in both Hospice and Palliative care Programs.
• Assess for appropriateness of the level of care setting from admission through discharge
• Identify patients requiring case management and take the lead as care manager for those requiring intervention, especially with socially complex cases
• Collaborate with the health care team to develop a plan of care by participating in patient care rounds
• Assure the plan of care is individualized for patients with a chronic disease to support patient/family self-management
• Serve as a support to nursing partners in the area of social services, Medicaid applications, disability eligibility, ETOH resources, and homeless resources

Skills on Resume: 

• Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Advance Directives(Hard Skills)
• Placement Coordination(Hard Skills)
• Hospice & Palliative Care(Hard Skills)
• Level of Care Assessment(Hard Skills)
• Case Management(Hard Skills)
• Team Collaboration(Soft Skills)
• Resource Support(Hard Skills)