Hospice Clinical Social Worker
Core
Provides supportive services, counseling, and care planning to patients and families facing end-of-life illness and grief.
Role type
Clinical social worker (hospice)
Builds
Therapeutic relationships and care plans for patients and families
Domain
Healthcare / Hospice / End-of-life care
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Biopsychosocial assessment, therapeutic relationship building, crisis intervention, grief counseling, discharge planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, community resource linkage, legal document facilitation (MOLST/advanced directives), case documentation
Preferred skills
Supervision of interns, staff education on psychosocial factors, peer case conference participation, on-call coverage
Technologies
Electronic health records (implied by documentation), community resource databases
Responsibilities
Conduct biopsychosocial assessments; develop and maintain therapeutic relationships; provide individual and family counseling; conduct crisis intervention and suicide assessment; facilitate smooth transitions and discharge planning; supervise social work interns; educate staff on mental health and family dynamics; create timely and accurate documentation; participate in interdisciplinary group meetings and committees.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC with supervision responsibilities