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| Job ID: 14080931 |
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| Job Title: | Social Worker LSW |
| Work Type: | Work Days: Work Vary: Yes , Shift: Other, Hours Per Week: 40, Work Type: Regular |
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| Salary Offered: | Unspecified |
| Benefits: | Unspecified. |
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| Physical Required: | Unspecified |
| Drug Testing Required: | Unspecified |
| Education Required: | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Experience Required: | Unspecified |
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| Required Skills: | Please see the job description for information about required job skills. |
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Description
Social Worker, LSW - Full Time 1.0 FTE M-F 8am-4:30pm - We offer excellent benefits, PTO/Sick time accrual, paid Holidays, great pay and an amazing team environment!
Ecumen Hospice is hiring a Social Worker. Ecumen Hospice honors life through care and serves individuals in the Twin Cities - Metro Area. The Ecumen Hospice mission is to provide care that exceeds the expectations of those that find themselves in the later stages of life by providing a level of comfort and quality of life that makes each person feel honored and supported as their life continues to have significance.
This position is responsible for providing direct social work services to hospice patients and their family members and caregivers in need of identified social worker services, and providing them with psychosocial and environmental support.
About Us:
Ecumen is an industry leader dedicated to advocating for older adults by providing housing choices, compassionate healthcare, and innovative services. For 160 years Ecumen has cared for those in need. Now, as Minnesota's 8th largest senior living provider, we continue to advocate for those we serve. Join a team where you can make a difference in advancing our mission to serve our older adults, while we commit to creating a place where everyone belongs.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
Perform initial and ongoing assessment of the psychosocial status of terminally ill patients and families/caregivers related to the patient's condition and environment. Provide community resources, short-term anticipatory grief counseling, emotional support and end-of-life education to patients and family/caregivers.
Perform initial and ongoing assessment of the family/caregiver's bereavement risk and provide appropriate resources/interventions.
Perform ongoing monitoring and assessment, including but not limited to: family dynamics, caregiver ability to provide safe and effective care, communication patterns, backup planning for alternative living situations, assess for safety including issues of neglect or abuse. Develop interventions based on findings as warranted.
Participate in the development of the individualized plan of care, involving the patient and family in the plan of care. Attend regularly scheduled interdisciplinary group meetings, assisting the team in recognizing the effects of the psychosocial stressors. Maintain clinical records on all patients referred to social work.
Assist patients and families/caregivers in planning for funeral arrangements; provide resources for financial, legal, and health care decision responsibilities.
Facilitate care conferences with hospice team and family to ensure open lines of communication and understanding of hospice philosophy and services as well as an understanding of the dying process. Provide bereavement follow up per agency protocol.
Assist with coordination of Mosaic Moments, nursing home/residential hospice placement, respite stays and travel contracts as needed.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in social work
Licensed Social Worker in good standing in Minnesota
Two or more years of social work experience in a health care setting - hospice experience
Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats
Ability to follow all safety rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the facility including but not limited to: Vulnerable Adult and Abuse Policy, HIPAA, Resident's Bill of Rights, Universal Precaution, AWAIR, OSHA, Right to know, SDS, ADA, HUD Policy and Procedures, Fair Housing laws and regulations
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in social work
LGSW and ultimately LISW or LICSW license
Previous experience working with seniors
CPR certification
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
Refer to ID 79464222 when applying |
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