JOB DESCRIPTION

Social Worker/Social Work Assistant

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

Supervised by: Director/Manager of Patient Services/Medical Director

Positions Supervised: N/A

Interrelationships: Patients, family, IDG and other health care team members

JOB SUMMARY:

To deliver 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:

Educational/Degree and A Hospice Social Worker must at least meet one of the following

Training/Licensure: options:

1. Have an MSW degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and one year of experience in a health care setting. <...