Hospice Social Worker (Personal Services)
Are you a caring and compassionate Medical Social Worker with a BSW or MSW? Are you highly empathetic to the needs of others? Do you value and treat others with dignity and respect? Are you able to quickly build rapport while maintaining appropriate boundaries? Do you have a strong attention for details and excellent problem-solving and communication skills?
If your answer is yes to the above questions, we invite you to apply to join our exceptional team as a Hospice Medical Social Worker.
Homeland has a tradition of caring that began in 1867 and continues today with Homeland Center and community outreach services: Hospice, Palliative Care, HomeHealth, and HomeCare. At Homeland, every person on our team matters and fulfills a greater purpose in the lives of our residents, patients, and clients.
Homeland Hospice provides compassionate end-of-life care to help patients and families make the most of their moments together. We believe in a holistic approach which considers the whole person -- mind, body and spirit as inseparable -- and embraces the love and support of patient families as vital.
As a Medical Social Worker for Homeland Hospice, you would contribute to our community of caring by providing social support to patients and family members during a significant part of their life journey.
This is a salaried full-time, Monday through Friday, Daytime position.
This position provides support to patients in the Perry County and Upper Dauphin County areas, north of Harrisburg, PA.
This position requires a valid Pennsylvania driver's license, and reliable internet access.
Homeland offers the following benefits to their full-time employees:
Competitive Pay Rates with paid mileage.
Excellent Benefit Options, with little to no cost for full-time employees with low co-pays, including Health, Vision, Dental, Prescription, and Cyber Security/Identity Theft protection
Generous First Year Paid Time Off
401K with matching and monthly on-site financial advisor workshops and appointment availability.
As Homeland Hospice's Medical Social Worker, you would be responsible for providing a wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families, including completing a comprehensive psychosocial assessment and regularly assessing the patient and family's psychosocial needs. The Medical Social Worker also provides a bereavement risk assessment of the family and counseling relative to anticipatory grief issues. Upon completion of the assessment, a psychosocial plan of care is developed with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) and the patient/family and it is your role as the Medical Social Worker to implement and continually revise and reassess the plan relative to the psychosocial and potential bereavement issues of the patient and family. Services you may provide include: supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals, pre-bereavement counseling and support.
Requirements:
Education and Experience
Has a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a social work program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education;
and/or Bachelor Degree in human service field;
and/or minimum 1 year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification
Must be a licensed driver with an automobile in good working condition and have automobile insurance in accordance with Pennsylvania laws.
Must have reliable internet access in their place of residence.
Maintains CPR BLS certification.
Homeland at Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
