Social Worker Team

The Hospice Social Worker (MSW) serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team responsible for providing supportive services to help meet patient/family social, emotional, and economic needs in relation to the impact of a terminal illness.

• Master’s degree in social work from a school of social work accredited with the Council on Social Work Education
• Must have a State of Georgia and Alabama license or the ability to obtain-newly hired Social Workers must have state license for their primary state of employment prior to hire and become licensed in second state within 90 days of employment.
• BLS/CPR certification

• Two years or more hospice related experience and/or training
• Clinical experience in varied multi-disciplinary setting
• Knowledge of family dynamics with counseling/therapy experience

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to cooperatively work in a team-oriented environment.
• Must have excellent communication skills (interpersonal, written, and oral)
• Must have excellent customer service skills
• Must be able to work independently and have good professional judgement
• Take call on rotating basis after business hours, to include weekends and holidays as assigned for patient care issues and make visits as indicated by patient and family needs.
• Must be able to deal effectively and professionally with grief, high anxiety, and emotions related to death and dying daily.
• Ability to work flexible schedule, ability to evaluate situations as they occur, prioritize and coordinate patient care needs as they arise daily.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Must have Influenza vaccine during influenza season or adhere to policy requirements for declination. (Nov. – Mar.)
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a satisfactory Motor Vehicle Record (MVR)
• Must have auto insurance coverage per policy with reliable transportation

• Provide consultation to the interdisciplinary staff on social issues concerning patient/family.
• Provide clinical supervision for the purposes of licensure of other social workers (no administrative supervisory responsibilities).
• Provide counseling services to the patient/family based upon psychosocial, emotional, or economical problems, in accordance with the plan of care.
• Complete psychosocial assessment on assigned patients within 3 days.
• All patient home visits and assessments must be made in person, per the plan of care.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and facilitate discussion of issues relating to the psychosocial component of Hospice care.
• Coordinate with the team members to develop and implement the plan of care.
• Utilize existing community resources to assist the patient/family unit (food, housing, other basic needs).
• Maintain accurate, current, and pertinent documentation in the patient’s record per policy.
• Participate in agency…