Hospice Resource Social Worker - Madison Area

Location : Madison, WI Area | Resource Social Workers can anticipate driving around 50 miles from their home

Full Time 1.0 FTE (40 hours / week) | Day Shift | Monday-Friday| 8am-5pm

Includes on call (15 weekday shifts / year; 6 weekend shifts / year) rotation

Make a lasting impact with Agrace

Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are a skilled Social Worker who values meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!

How You’ll Make a Difference (Essential Functions)

The Social Worker - Resource Team is responsible for patient and family satisfaction through the provision of direct social work services by conducting assessments, providing interventions, creating and updating the plan of care, communicating, and documenting. The SW Resource moves across the homecare teams when a need arises (vacancies, FMLA, high census). The SW Resource provides patient and family centered care consistent with Agrace philosophy, goals, standards, regulations and policies.

Key Responsibilities

• Initial and Ongoing Patient / Family Assessments Assess patient and family psychosocial, spiritual, grief and educational needs as part of the initial and comprehensive as per the patient’s individualized Plan of Care (POC). Advocate for patient / family goals. Coordinate transition planning in collaboration with the patient / family, homecare, and Interdisciplinary Team (IDT). Anticipate and respond to patient / family psychosocial, spiritual, resource, or grief needs. Round on patients.
• Care Planning and Coordination Collaborate with IDT and patient / family to formulate, implement, and revise individualized Plan of Care (POC) in the electronic health record (EHR). The POC to include goals, interventions, education, discharge plan, etc. Read, understand, and follow POC. Document education, interventions, and outcomes in EHR. Intervene, document, and report significant changes in condition or unusual incidents to appropriate IDT member such as client abuse / neglect, suicidal intent, harmful coping mechanisms or violence, etc. Facilitate communication among patients, families, and Agrace staff.
• Education, Intervention, and Resources Provide individual patient / family education and support regarding behaviors, emotions, and psychosocial adjustment to terminal illness, dying, and bereavement. Evaluate the effectiveness of education and adjust to meet needs. Provide appropriate education and interventions for patient / family based on clinical assessment and patient / family goals. Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and adjust to meet needs. Develop and maintain knowledge of community, legal, Agrace, and hospice specific resources. Refer patients / families to resources. Act as patient / family advocate to obtain resources. Assist with Power of Attorney for Health Care (POAHC), Financial Power of Attorney, Living Will, and Guardianship including assistance with POAHC capability and competency assessment.
• Miscellaneous Participate in meetings to plan and evaluate patient / family services. Participate in SW on-call rotation. Participate in education and outreach. Participate in death visits, including assistance with post-mortem cares using safe body mechanics. Precept new staff and students. MSW may audit or oversee the work of BSW

You Bring (Qualifications)

Benefits

About Agrace

For more than 45 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. We are the largest hospice provider in Wisconsin. Well known for end-of-life care, Agrace also serves people across southern Wisconsin who are aging, seriously ill or grieving.

At Agrace we are strengthened by the unique experiences, cultures and traditions of our staff, patients and clients.

Together, we pursue a vision in which every Agrace staff member is treated fairly, and every patient and client experiences the respectful, individualized care they need and deserve.

We foster a culture of belonging that celebrates people’s uniqueness and leads to meaningful, empathetic connections.

Agrace Health Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.