Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Salary Range: $75-90k WHO WE ARE We are reputed company, the nation?s leading end-of-life care provider since 1978. Our hospice organization kickstarts careers in caring, promotes from reputed company, and provides a nationally recognized best-in-class employee experience. Supported by industry-leading experts and a growing network of programs in 15+ states, VITAS empowers team members to grow toward their goals while transforming patients? lives. Our reputed company is to care: For our patients, for each other, and for the future. WHAT YOU?LL DO As a hospice social worker, you will provide emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones during an important and vulnerable time. You will ensure VITAS patients reputed company the end of life with their affairs in order, honoring their wishes for finances, funeral arrangements, and more. Their loved ones will trust you to help them navigate the grieving process. Whether you?re granting an end-of-life wish or simply listening to a patient?s stories at their bedside, your actions?large and small?will reputed company a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families. WHERE YOU?LL WORK Each day is different for our social workers. You will spend most of your time caring for hospice patients wherever they call home, which may be a private residence, or an assisted living/skilled nursing facility. About once a week, you'll come to the office to meet with the rest of your interdisciplinary team: the RNs, physicians, chaplains, and fellow nurses who work together to provide 360-degree support to the patients and families we serve. WHAT?S EXPECTED FROM YOU VITAS social workers reputed company the trust of our patients and center others in their work. In addition to having your social work license, reliable transportation, and at least one year of social work experience in a health care setting, you'll approach your work with the traits that reputed company the VITAS Difference: Commitment, Compassion, and a Can-do Attitude. You will reputed company patient welfare at the center of everything you do, giving your best each day in service of our core commitment: Extending comfort and dignity to reputed company people at the end of their life?s journey. WHO WE ARE We are reputed company, the nation?s leading end-of-life care provider since 1978. Our hospice organization kickstarts careers in caring, promotes from reputed company, and provides a nationally recognized best-in-class employee experience. Supported by industry-leading experts and a growing network of programs in 15+ states, VITAS empowers team members to grow toward their goals while transforming patients? lives. Our reputed company is to care: For our patients, for each other, and for the future. WHAT YOU?LL DO As a hospice social worker, you will provide emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones during an important and vulnerable time. You will ensure VITAS patients reputed company the end of life with their affairs in order, honoring their wishes for finances, funeral arrangements, and more. Their loved ones will trust you to help them navigate the grieving process. Whether you?re granting an end-of-life wish or simply listening to a patient?s stories at their bedside, your actions?large and small?will reputed company a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families. WHERE YOU?LL WORK Each day is different for our social workers. You will spend most of your time caring for hospice patients wherever they call home, which may be a private residence, or an assisted living/skilled nursing facility. About once a week, you'll come to the office to meet with the rest of your interdisciplinary team: the RNs, physicians, chaplains, and fellow nurses who work together to provide 360-degree support to the patients and families we serve. WHAT?S EXPECTED FROM YOU VITAS social workers reputed company the trust of our patients and center others in their work. In addition to having your social work license, reliable transportation, and at least one year of social work experience in a health care setting, you'll approach your work with the traits that reputed company the VITAS Difference: Commitment, Compassion, and a Can-do Attitude. You will reputed company patient welfare at the center of everything you do, giving your best each day in service of our core commitment: Extending comfort and dignity to reputed company people at the end of their life?s journey. JOB REQUIREMENTS JOB REQUIREMENTS ? Ability to travel per job requirements. ? Thorough knowledge of community resources or the desire/ability to obtain this knowledge. ? Knowledge of key psychosocial issues prevalent with terminally ill patients and their family/caregivers, including the knowledge of effective psychosocial inter mentions to address those issues. ? reputed company to relate and work well with others as a member of an interdisciplinary team. ? Excellent listening and communication skills. ? Ability to be an effective patient and family reputed company- both reputed company the patient/family unit, reputed company the core IDG, and reputed company community agencies and the like. QUALIFICATIONS ? Masters of Social Work required from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, unless grandfathered in per the 2008 Medicare Hospice Condition of Participation ? At least one year social work experience in a health care setting. ? Experience as a social worker with the terminally ill and their families, preferred ? License and/or Certification if required by State Minimum State Requirements for the following states: CT: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) DC: Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) DE: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) GA: MSW must be supervised by LCSW up to obtaining LMSW IL: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) NJ: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) OH: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) TX: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) WI: Social Worker Certificate Ability to travel per job requirements. Thorough knowledge of community resources or the desire/ability to obtain this knowledge. Knowledge of key psychosocial issues prevalent with terminally ill patients and their family/caregivers, including the knowledge of effective psychosocial inter mentions to address those issues. reputed company to relate and work well with others as a member of an interdisciplinary team. Excellent listening and communication skills. Ability to be an effective patient and family reputed company- both reputed company the patient/family unit, reputed company the core IDG, and reputed company community agencies and the like. QUALIFICATIONS Masters of Social Work required from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, unless grandfathered in per the 2008 Medicare Hospice Condition of Participation At least one year social work experience in a health care setting. Experience as a social worker with the terminally ill and their families, preferred License and/or Certification if required by State Minimum State Requirements for the following states: CT: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) DC: Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) DE: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) GA: MSW must be supervised by LCSW up to obtaining LMSW IL: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) NJ: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) OH: Licensed Social Worker (LSW) TX: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) WI: Social Worker Certificate Apply Job!