About the position
The Home Health & Hospice Social Worker is responsible for the provision of a wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
Responsibilities
- Conduct initial comprehensive psychosocial and bereavement risk assessment of patient/family/caregiver in a thorough, accurate, and compassionate fashion within five (5) calendar days after the patient’s election of Hospice care.
- Function as an expert and facilitator at obtaining and making referrals to community resources to meet the needs of patients and families including obtaining financial assistance when indicated and referring patients and families to community agencies with appropriate follow-up.
- Assist family/caregiver in placement of patient in a facility for basic care, respite or inpatient when appropriate as indicated.
- Provide psychosocial and anticipatory grief counseling to patients, families, caregivers and significant others relative to the impact and implications of the terminal disease and patient care.
- Assess the psychosocial status of patient/family as it relates to capacity to cope with diseases, terminal illness, environment and death. Provide counseling services as applicable and assist in utilizing community resources. Communicate findings to the team.
- Participate in the development of the plan of care and treatment. Hold case conferences as needed.
- Prepare social histories, evaluations and plan interventions based on findings.
- Update, maintain and submit clinical documentation according to agency guidelines in an accurate and timely manner. Assist with discharge planning.
- Attend and participate in scheduled interdisciplinary team meetings (IDT) to coordinate care plans, follow up on changes, problem solve, identify social problems, their severity and interrelatedness to the medical situations, as well as, assessing family strengths and weaknesses and discussing alternate methods of alleviating the situation.
- Assist team members in understanding significant social and emotional factors of the patient & family.
- Ensure all care is provided with respect and dignity for patients, report all complaints, report all allegations of abuse, misappropriation of patient property and/or any other corporate compliance items.
- Act as a mentor to other personnel by participating in orientation and assisting with field training and in-service education to contractors and referral sources.
- Teach the patient, family and/or caregiver regarding the progression of the disease process and self-care techniques, which includes providing counseling support/ instructions as ordered by physician.
Requirements
- Master's degree in social work from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that is insured in accordance with Ohio requirements.
- Active Ohio Social Work license.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in a health care field with experience working with patients and families coping with terminal illness and dying.
- Hospice or home care experience preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance with free virtual doctor visits
- Vision & Dental Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for personal and professional support
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Paid Time Off (PTO) that accrues immediately from day one
- Paid Holidays for a healthy work-life balance
- Access to DailyPay, enabling you to access up to 100% of your earned wages on a daily basis
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year for ANY field of study
- Tuition Discounts through exclusive partnerships with the University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College
- Employee-Sponsored Crisis Fund available for those facing unforeseen challenges
- Legal & Identity Theft Protection
- University Partnerships with University of Cincinnati, University of Toledo, and Hondros College for exclusive tuition discounts
- Multiple Partner Discounts available for various products and services through Access Perks
- Access to 1,000s of hours of personal and professional development material through RightNow Media @ Work
