Responsibilities

We’re looking for a Social Worker (MSW) –Bereavement Coordinator to join our team.

You will report directly to the Executive Director or Administrator. You will be responsible for to provide psychosocial support and bereavement needs to the patient and family members.

• Performs psychosocial assessments, case management, education and ongoing evaluation of patients and families


• Provides social work expertise regarding changes to the patient’s level of care


• Provides casework and service management of patients requiring information about or monitoring: Family relationships, meaning of illness to the patient and his/her family, cultural and spiritual attitudes in relationship to illness, Long term care planning (including process for placement) and advanced care planning expertise


• Monitors the safety of the patient environment


• Providing for the bereavement needs of families through home visits, phone contact, group activities, memorial services, correspondence, and other types of personalized support

• Master’s Degree in Social Work from a CSWE School. Licensure as required by the state in which the hospice is located



• One year experience as a Social Worker in a healthcare and/or hospice setting is required; three to five years preferred



• Clinical experience in the areas of life-threatening and chronic illness, grief and loss counseling, individual, family and group therapy. Prefer three years related clinical experience in varied multi-disciplinary settings and one year experience in a healthcare setting


• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families along with understanding of hospice and the psychosocial dynamics of illness, loss, and death