Job Description:
Key Responsibilities:
Provide a wide range of psychosocial services to terminally ill patients and their families.
Regularly assess the patient and family psychosocial needs.
Regularly assess the pre-bereavement/anticipatory grief needs.
Implement the Plan of Care provisions to meet patient needs to include social service goals for alleviating problems, supportive counseling, problem solving, community referrals, and pre-bereavement and bereavement care.
Regularly re-evaluate the patient's and family's psychosocial needs.
Attend weekly interdisciplinary meetings to identify risks that were not evident and/or assessed.
Participate in on-call rotation with other social work team members as assigned or directed
Assist family and patient in planning for funeral arrangements, financial, legal, and health care decision responsibilities.
Perform other LMSW duties as assigned by management to support department goals and initiatives.
Affinity Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.