Social Worker, Homecare-Hospice LICSW

Job Description:

• Provides supportive services to help meet the patient/family social, emotional, economic, and environment needs in relation to the impact of a chronic, acute, or terminal illness though education, support/counseling, and referrals/coordination of community resources.
• Completes timely visits to meet patient/family needs and ensure program compliance.
• Collaborates 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.
• In addition to conducting community visits, Social Workers may complete consultation for patient's inpatient at Lakeview Hospital to provide education about homecare, palliative care, and hospice.

Work Schedule: 0.5 FTE - 20 hours weekly. Every other Wednesday, and every Thursday & Friday.

Requirement:

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Master's degree in social work from a CSWE accredited program
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license upon start date or license eligible:
• MN must have one of the following:
• Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
• 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, must be willing to obtain license in the other state and provide proof of license within 4 months of start.
  • Must have vehicle, driver's license and current auto insurance. Must meet all criteria required under Lakeview's Automobile Liability Guidelines
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • 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 as well as knowledge of community resources.
  • Experience and comfort with providing services in community settings, including patient homes.
  • Ability to function on an interdisciplinary team.
  • Ability to effectively communicate in written and verbal form within the interdisciplinary team.
  • 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

Preferred Qualifications:

Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:

• Master's degree in Social Work
  Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license or license eligible upon start date:
• MN Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) is preferred.
• WI must have one of the following:
• Advanced Practice Social Worker or
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Homecare or Hospice experience
  • Advance Care Planning experience
  • Experience with facilitation of goals of care conversations.