Hospice MSW/Bereavement Coordinator
Listed on 2026-10-05
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Healthcare
Patient/Health Advocate, Mental Health
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About the RoleAs a Hospice Social Worker / Bereavement Coordinator , you will serve in a dual role supporting both hospice patients and families throughout the end-of-life journey and providing ongoing bereavement support following the loss of a loved one.
As a member of our interdisciplinary care team, you will provide comprehensive psychosocial support, counseling, resource coordination, advance care planning, grief support, and bereavement services. You will also help develop and coordinate programs that support families and caregivers before and after the death of a hospice patient.
We are looking for a compassionate, empathetic, dependable, and solutions-oriented professional who understands the complexities of grief, loss, and end-of-life care and is committed to providing dignified, person-centered support.
This is a community-based position requiring the ability to travel throughout the assigned service area. The role may also include participation in an on-call rotation as required.
What You'll DoResponsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Conduct thorough psychosocial assessments of hospice patients and their families within required time frames.
- Assess patients' and families' coping mechanisms, support systems, strengths, preferences, and available resources.
- Identify psychosocial needs and develop individualized care plans to address those needs.
- Provide compassionate and culturally sensitive support to patients and families throughout the end-of-life journey.
- Advocate for patients' wishes, values, preferences, and autonomy throughout hospice care.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to address changing psychosocial needs and support continuity of care.
- Provide individual and family counseling related to grief, loss, anticipatory mourning, end-of-life decision-making, and other psychosocial concerns.
- Provide crisis intervention, stress management, coping skills, and emotional support as appropriate.
- Help patients and families navigate emotional, interpersonal, and practical challenges associated with serious illness and end-of-life care.
- Educate patients and families about the dying process and provide emotional preparation for anticipated loss.
- Make visits as scheduled and participate in the on-call rotation as required.
- Complete documentation and paperwork in accordance with hospice policies and procedures and the physician's Plan of Care for Medical Social Services.
- Facilitate conversations regarding advance care planning, healthcare directives, durable power of attorney for healthcare, and goals of care.
- Assist patients and families in making informed decisions regarding hospice enrollment, treatment options, and end-of-life care preferences.
- Support patients and families in navigating complex end-of-life decisions with compassion and respect.
- Ensure patients' wishes, values, and autonomy remain central to the care planning process.
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