Medical Social Worker
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo
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- Location
- Buffalo, NY
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Nov 4
- 1 day ago
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About the company
Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo
Hospital & health care · 201 to 500 employees
What you'll do
- Provides skilled social work services including counseling, support, advocacy, long term planning, community resource coordination, crisis intervention and other services to optimize patient care.
- Observes, records, and reports the patient and family's reaction to treatment and any change in the patient's condition to the physician and/or patient case manager and other staff involved.
- Assists the physician and other members of the home health team to understand the significance of social and emotional factors
- Assesses and reassesses social and emotional factors in order to help the patient and family to cope with problems in daily living and to help them follow medical recommendations to maximize quality of life.
- Adheres to Social Work Quality Assurance standards, keeps abreast of social work trends and knowledge for service provision; and assists in audits/peer reviews as directed by his/her supervisor.
- Participates in the agency's quality improvement program and documents quality assurance data as required; Completes work, care and documentation with accuracy and within time frames.
- Maintains client charts and other written/computerized record keeping assignments in a timely fashion.
- Qualifications:
- Education / Certification
- Master's degree in Social Work required
- NYS Licensure required
- Current NYS Driver's license, free of serious violations, and vehicle required.
- Experience
- One year clinical counseling experience in hospice or a health related field. Experience with grief/loss issues, and with community resources/agency systems needed.
- Strong clinical skills needed in the areas of: assessment, counseling on grief/loss and lifestyle change, crisis intervention, problem resolution and coping issues, long term planning, community resource coordination/information/referrals, and in patient/family/agency advocacy.
What you need
- Master's degree in Social Work
- NYS Licensure
- Current NYS Driver's license, free of serious violations, and vehicle
- One year clinical counseling experience in hospice or a health related field
- Experience with grief/loss issues and community resources/agency systems
- Strong clinical skills in assessment, counseling, crisis intervention and problem resolution
Key skills
NYS Licensureclinical counselinggrief/loss issuescommunity resources/agency systemsassessmentcrisis interventionproblem resolutioncoping issueslong term planningcommunity resource coordinationpatient/family/agency advocacy
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Summary:
Provides clinical social work services to patients and families utilizing a variety of modalities, and in accordance with State/Federal regulations. The social worker is an integral member of the interdisciplinary team and acts as a consultant for psychosocial aspects of coping with illness.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Provides skilled social work services including counseling, support, advocacy, long term planning, community resource coordination, crisis intervention and other services to optimize patient care.
Observes, records, and reports the patient and family's reaction to treatment and any change in the patient's condition to the physician and/or patient case manager and other staff involved.
Assists the physician and other members of the home health team to understand the significance of social and emotional factors
Assesses and reassesses social and emotional factors in order to help the patient and family to cope with problems in daily living and to help them follow medical recommendations to maximize quality of life.
Adheres to Social Work Quality Assurance standards, keeps abreast of social work trends and knowledge for service provision; and assists in audits/peer reviews as directed by his/her supervisor.
Participates in the agency's quality improvement program and documents quality assurance data as required; Completes work, care and documentation with accuracy and within time frames.
Maintains client charts and other written/computerized record keeping assignments in a timely fashion.
Qualifications:
Education / Certification
Master's degree in Social Work required
NYS Licensure required
Current NYS Driver's license, free of serious violations, and vehicle required.
Experience
One year clinical counseling experience in hospice or a health related field. Experience with grief/loss issues, and with community resources/agency systems needed.
Strong clinical skills needed in the areas of: assessment, counseling on grief/loss and lifestyle change, crisis intervention, problem resolution and coping issues, long term planning, community resource coordination/information/referrals, and in patient/family/agency advocacy.