What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Social Worker - MSW position at The Care Team Home Health & Hospice?
The Care Team The care you deserve and the support you need.
Come join our growing team! The Care Team Hospice is looking for a Full-Time Medical Social Worker in Crown Point, Indiana, and surrounding areas. We specialize in providing Hospice Care in the home and facilities. If you are looking for a new and exciting opportunity, we encourage you to apply today. At the Care Team we offer:
- Engaging Company Culture
- Competitive Compensation and Excellent Benefits
- 401k with company match
- Work/Life Balance
- Independence, Autonomy, and Flexibility!
We offer a supportive, growth-focused environment along with a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, plus Wellness Programs
- Career Path Program with opportunities for advancement and increased compensation
- Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement and Certification Assistance
- Mileage Reimbursement
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Additional Voluntary Coverage
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Delivers varied social work services to Hospice patients and their families. To provide initial emotional, spiritual, psychosocial assessments, ongoing counseling, bereavement services, and community education, outreach, and referral. The Hospice social worker is an integral part of the Hospice IDG.
Qualifications:Additionally, the Hospice Social Worker will:
- 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 as required.
- Provides short term crisis intervention and individual or family counseling when indicated.
- Provides services, under the direction of a physician (who approves the plan of care).
- Participates as a member of the Bereavement Team as assigned.
- Observes, assesses, and brings to IDG conferences information regarding psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, physical, and financial conditions affecting the patient and family.
- 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 comprehensive psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual assessment clearly and concisely on time.
- All patient/family visits, telephone contacts, and referral actions are recorded in the patient record per policy.
- Provides ongoing counseling related to issues of death and dying to the patient and family as needed.
- Attends staff meetings, IDG, and other meetings as assigned and appropriate.
- Participates in the orientation program as assigned.
- Adheres to all Hospice policies.
- Assumes responsibility for own personal and professional development and maintenance of skills in social work.
- Exhibits Hospice philosophy in all job-related roles.
The clinical record shall contain notes for each service provided. A clinical note will be completed for each visit made to a patients' home (including a private residence, assisted living facility, group homes, or skilled nursing facility) within 48 hours of the visit.