Overview:
Throughout communities in Illinois and Wisconsin, 15 hospitals, numerous community-based health centers and clinics, our 15,000 colleagues have built a culture based on our solid core values of respect, care, competence, and joy. These are the ideals we believe in, work by, and live each day.
Built upon more than 145 years of service to the communities we serve, we now look to the future and our place in it as a health care system that strives to continually improve processes, procedures, and outcomes with the latest and most advanced technologies and treatments.
Regardless of how far our passion for excellence carries us, our focus will always remain on the most important person in our entire organization: The patient.
HSHS requires COVID-19 vaccines or an approved medical or religious exemption for all colleagues.
HSHS and affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
HSHS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.
Summary:
Home Health Social Worker
Covering Springfield, IL and Decatur, IL Home Health/Hospice Territories
Full Time Day Shift
40 hours/week
Flexible Schedule
LSW or LCSW required
For more information contact Tara.Derosa@hshs.org
Social workers play an essential role in many of the aspects of patient care, including helping patients and their families navigate the medical system, assessing and monitoring patients' and family members' mental and emotional health, providing short term counseling and therapy, and communicating patient needs and concerns to the larger medical team.
Qualifications:
Education
Master’s Degree in Social Work is required.
Experience
3 years of discharge planning is preferred.
3 years in social service field is preferred.
Certifications, Licenses and Registrations
Basic Life Support is required. Must be licensed in the state of practice.