Social Worker, Homecare-Hospice MSW

As a Homecare/ Hospice Social Worker, you will:

•  Provide supportive services to help meet the patient/family social, emotional, economic, and environment needs in relation to the impact of a chronic, acute, or terminal illness though education, support/counseling, and referrals/coordination of community resources. 

•  Complete timely visits to meet patient/family needs and ensure program compliance. 

•  Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide whole person care addressing bio-psycho-social needs of patients and family. 

•  Provide patients/families with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illness through education, support/counseling and referrals for community resources.

•  In addition to conducting community visits, Social Workers may complete consultation for patient’s inpatient at Lakeview Hospital to provide education about homecare, palliative care, and hospice.

 

Work Schedule: 1.0 FTE; M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm

 

Required Qualifications:

Master’s degree in social work from a CSWE accredited program

• Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license or license eligible upon start date:

• MN must have one of the following: 

  • Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) or higher licensure. 

  • If LGSW, must be actively working on obtaining MN licensure at the LISW or LICSW level. 

• WI must have one of the following: 

  • Certified Advanced Practice Social Worker (CAPSW) or higher license level.

  • If licensed in only one state upon hire, must be willing to obtain license in the other state and provide proof of license within 4 months of start.

• Must have vehicle, driver’s license and current auto insurance. Must meet all criteria required under Lakeview’s Automobile Liability Guidelines 

• Strong psychosocial assessment skills and implementation of interventions based on social work assessment. 

• Ability to function independently with minimal supervision. 

• Experience and comfort providing services in the community, including patient homes. 

• Knowledge of reimbursement procedures as well as knowledge of community resources. 

• Experience and comfort with providing services in community settings, including patient homes. 

• Ability to function on an interdisciplinary team.

• Ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form within the interdisciplinary team. 

• Ability to independently carry out directions and follow medical orders for services. 

• Computer experience including documentation in an electronic medical record

• Comfort or experience working within serious illness or end of life. 

• Ability to adapt to a flexible and changing schedule to meet patient needs. 

• Willing to participate in On-Call rotating schedule

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Homecare or Hospice experience

• Advance Care Planning experience

• Experience with facilitation of goals of care conversations. 

• Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license or license eligible upon start date:

  • The following MN license is preferred:

    • Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or 

    • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

  • WI must have one of the following: 

    • Advanced Practice Social Worker or 

    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

   

 

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