Social Worker

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Social Worker

Location: Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Orange County

Job Description Summary

The social worker is the member of the interdisciplinary team whose primary function is to provide diagnostic assessments of the psychosocial and economic needs of the patient/family unit, define social service goals for alleviating these needs and help provide both the counseling and casework needed to meet these goals.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Participates in the preparation, evaluation and implementation of the interdisciplinary plan of care to assure that the highest quality of social services is offered to patients/families and that the goals of continuity and comprehensiveness of care are achieved.
• Provides psychosocial assessments and counseling to patients/families.
• Maintains appropriate documentation in the hospice patient chart.
• Attends Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings for case review and development of plan of care.
• Participates in in-service education programs.
• Assists in developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with community medical/health care services.
• Act as a resource for other IDT members of the interdisciplinary team at the direction of the team manager.
• Performs additional tasks as assigned by DPCS.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of stress of repeated loss as well as to provide support to the rest of the team
• Knowledge of community resources and the ability to utilize these resources.
• Knowledge of the end of life process and bereavement.
• Capacity to relate and work as a member of an IDT.
• Knowledge of non-invasive pain and symptom control.
• Knowledge of relaxation therapy, guided imagery and visualization for selected patients.

Professional Requirements and Required Certification/Licensure

• Masters in Social Work or Licensure in clinical social work
• One to two (1-2) years experience in hospice social work
• Supervisory experience desired
• Demonstrates the ability to use good listening and communication skills.