Job Description

Position Title : Full Time Social Worker

DUTIES:

• Social work evaluation of patient/family psych/social and environmental needs
• Implements the social work treatment plan and documents consistent with insurance guidelines in their homes or facilities
• Assists the primary nurse with establishing and maintaining a treatment plan for each patient/family.
• Provides the psychosocial needs of the hospice patient/family.
• Assesses the needs of the bereaved client through verbal and face-to-face interviews.
• Provides end-of-life bereavement supportive services for patients and their families
• Understands and discusses available community resources with the client for possible referrals.
• Participates in community education on grief and bereavement issues.
• Provides support to selected patients post discharge.
• Represents the philosophy and services of Hospice of Huntington, Inc.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• MSW or BSW with appropriate proof of licensure/certification 
• Licensed in WV and Ohio
• Demonstrate evidence of knowledge in understanding grief, bereavement, interpersonal issues and family dynamics
•   Minimum of one year experience in health care , with a preference in Hospice/Home Health Care.
• Evidence of clinical experience and skills pertinent to assessing and counseling individuals
• Evidence of clinical experience and skills pertinent to assessing and counseling individuals.

Hospice of Huntington, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity agency.

Hospice of Huntington is a non-profit agency that has been helping people with serious illness since 1982. We know that calling hospice for care is one of the hardest things you will ever do. We also know from caring for over 15,000 people that most people wish they had called sooner. Hospice of Huntington helps people with a life-limiting illness control the symptoms that keep them from living everyday life.

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