SOCIAL WORKER

Description

Social Worker 1 Per Diem Dade

Summary & Objective

The Social Worker provides social work services primarily on a visiting and intermittent basis in the Inpatient Unit in accordance with the policies and procedures of Catholic Palliative Care Services.

Essential Functions

• Assess patient’s needs in the Inpatient Unit within established time frames within organizational, state and federal regulations.
• Provides individual counseling of patients and family members coping with terminal illness.
• Administers individual and family psychosocial support depending on individual need and state compliance.
• Evaluates and assesses patient and family to determine coping strategies related to grief.
• Develop treatment plans in accordance with outcome of evaluation while collaborating with interdisciplinary team members.
• Completes clinical note, psychosocial and financial assessments, interdisciplinary notes, bereavement assessments, etc., and gives copies to appropriate Manager.
• Facilitates crisis intervention working with community organizations and interdisciplinary team members to ensure patient and patient-family unit psychosocial care.
• Attends group meetings, individual and family interviews during the evening hours as needed.
• Provides written weekly schedule to Clinical Care Manager in an effort to maintain compliance and deliver psychosocial support.
• Instruct, treat, observe and evaluate patients exhibiting significant social and emotional problems affecting their health status.
• Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet their needs, which include : social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals, etc.
• Provides coordination and liaison service between Hospice caregiver and community agencies, hospital caregivers, funeral directors, lawyers, schools, etc.
• Provides referral services for the patients and families to the community agencies for needs beyond the scope of Hospice care, such as long-term therapy, psychiatric care, financial assistance, etc.
• Provides Bereavement counseling services to families of patients who received hospice care in a variety of treatment modalities including individual, family and group.
• Complete appropriate documentation in a timely manner to assure compliance with agency policy.
• Participate in the development and periodic re-evaluation of the physician’s Plan of Care (POC).
• Instruct and counsel patients and families in treating and coping with social and emotional response connected with the illness.
• Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
• Regularly assess the pre-bereavement / anticipatory grief needs.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Other Duties

Supervisory Responsibility

Physical Requirements

Disclaimer

The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

EEOC Statement

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Requirements

Knowledge & Experience Requirements