Inpatient Social Worker bei Mission Hospice and Home Care
Mission Hospice and Home Care · Palo Alto, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Palo Alto
Mission Hospice & Home Care serves patients and families in the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay with quality care and compassionate end-of-life support and education. Founded in 1979, we are a local, independent nonprofit that has provided thousands of patients and their families with physical, emotional, and spiritual support throughout the journey from a life-threatening diagnosis through death and bereavement.
This full-time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.
We are seeking a Hospice Inpatient Social Worker to be a member of the transdisciplinary team at Mission Hospice & Home Care and works in collaboration with the Stanford Inpatient team. The Inpatient Hospice Social Worker provides supportive services to help meet patient/family social, emotional and financial needs related to the impact of a terminal illness, death, loss, and grief.
Schedule:
Monday - Friday; 8:30am 5:00pm
Location:
Palo Alto - Stanford Hospital
Mission Hospice & Home Care follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Assess patient/family social and emotional factors to determine ability to cope with terminal illness and death
- Provide individual and family counseling to patient/families in all psychosocial aspects of end-of-life care
- Assess environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety in home setting as applicable
- Assess special needs related to cultural diversity including communication, role of family members and special traditions
Education/Experience:
- Master’s degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
- Minimum one-year’s social work experience in an acute health care setting
- Hospice or Home Health experience preferred
Pay Range:
$44.00 - $51.25 hourly
Mission Hospice and Home Care is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at MHHC. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.
