What are the responsibilities and job description for the LCSW Hospice position at RVNAhealth?
Job Description
Job Description
The Hospice and Palliative care Licensed Clinical Social Worker is a qualified professional, who delivers varied social work services to Hospice, Pre-Hospice and Palliative patients and their families. The LCSW is an integral part of the Hospice IDG who provides initial and on-going emotional, psychosocial, grief and bereavement assessment and support, funeral planning, community education, outreach and referral support and service.
This is a field position visiting patient homes and facilities in the Southern and Central towns of Fairfield County, CT.
Responsibilities : Hospice :
- Perform Initial Hospice Social Work Comprehensive Assessment
- Conducts ongoing reassessments of patient / family needs and counseling as required.
- Provides short term crisis intervention and individual or family counseling when indicated.
- Provides services, under the direction of a physician. Referral to Community resources as appropriate.
- Observes and assesses psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, physical and financial conditions affecting the patient and family.
- Assumes the active role of advocate for the client / family and caregiving unit.
- Develops and maintains contact with appropriate community agencies and services in order to promote interagency cooperation and to facilitate related referrals.
- Quality documentation for all client visits, contacts, referral actions, and assessments, including comprehensive psychosocial, emotional and spiritual assessment.
- Provides ongoing counseling related to issues of death and dying to the client, family and caregivers as needed.
- Attends staff meetings, IDG, case conferences, educational programs, and peer consultation meetings as mandated by the State of Connecticut.
Palliative :
Qualifications :
Benefits
RVNAhealth is committed to providing an exceptional, supportive, and progressive work environment for each employee. We offer :
Compensation :
Our target pay range for this position is $78,000 to $83,000 per year. This pay range represents RVNAhealth's commitment to pay transparency and is a reasonable estimate of possible compensation for this role at the time of posting. The final salary for this role will be determined based on careful consideration of a variety of factors, such as the candidate's exact location, experience, and expertise related to the qualifications.
RVNAhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. RVNAhealth is committed to building a workplace where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized.
Salary : $78,000 - $83,000
