Social Worker, Homecare-Hospice MSW

As a Homecare/ Hospice Social Worker, you will:

• Provide supportive services to help meet the patient/family social, emotional, economic, and environmental needs related to the impact of a chronic, acute, or terminal illness through education, support/counseling, and referrals/coordination of community resources.
• Complete timely visits to meet patient/family needs and ensure program compliance.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide whole person care addressing bio‑psycho‑social needs of patients and family.
• Provide patients/families with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illness through education, support/counseling and referrals for community resources.
• Conduct community visits and provide consultation for patient’s inpatient at Lakeview Hospital to educate about homecare, palliative care, and hospice.

Work Schedule:

1.0 FTE; M‑F 8:00am - 4:30pm

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE accredited program
• Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license or license eligible upon start date
• MN must have one of the following:
  Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) or higher licensure; if LGSW, actively working on obtaining MN licensure at the LISW or LICSW level
• WI must have one of the following:
  Certified Advanced Practice Social Worker (CAPSW) or higher license level; if licensed in only one state upon hire, willing to obtain license in the other state and provide proof within 4 months of start
• Must have vehicle, driver's license and current auto insurance; meet all criteria required under Lakeview's Automobile Liability Guidelines
• Strong psychosocial assessment skills and implementation of interventions based on social work assessment
• Ability to function independently with minimal supervision
• Experience and comfort providing services in the community, including patient homes
• Knowledge of reimbursement procedures and community resources
• Ability to work on an interdisciplinary team and communicate effectively in written and verbal form
• Ability to independently carry out directions and follow medical orders for services
• Computer experience including documentation in an electronic medical record
• Comfort or experience working within serious illness or end of life
• Ability to adapt to a flexible and changing schedule to meet patient needs
• Willing to participate in on‑call rotating schedule

• Homecare or Hospice experience
• Advance Care Planning experience
• Experience with facilitation of goals of care conversations
• Preferred Minnesota (MN) license:
  Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker;
  Preferred Wisconsin (WI) license:
  Advanced Practice Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker