Social Worker, Homecare-Hospice MSW

Homecare/ Hospice:

• Provides supportive services to help meet the patient/family social, emotional, economic, and environment needs in relation to the impact of a chronic, acute, or terminal illness though education, support/counseling, and referrals/coordination of community resources.
• Completes timely visits to meet patient/family needs and ensure program compliance.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to provide whole person care addressing bio-psycho-social needs of patients and family.
• Provide patients/families with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illness through education, support/counseling and referrals for community resources.
• In addition to conducting community visits, Social Workers may complete consultation for patient's inpatient at Lakeview Hospital to provide education about homecare, palliative care, and hospice.

Work Schedule: 20 hrs. weekly / 0.5 FTE; Days

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE accredited program
• Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license or license eligible upon start date:
  • MN must have one of the following:
    • Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) or higher licensure.
    • If LGSW, must be actively working on obtaining MN licensure at the LISW or LICSW level.

  • WI must have one of the following:

    • Certified Advanced Practice Social Worker (CAPSW) or higher license level.

• If licensed in only one state upon hire, must be willing to obtain license in the other state and provide proof of license within 4 months of start.

• Must have vehicle, driver's license and current auto insurance. Must meet all criteria required under Lakeview's Automobile Liability Guidelines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Social Work
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification: Must have Minnesota (MN) or Wisconsin (WI) Social Work license or license eligible upon start date:
  • The following MN license is preferred:
    • Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) or
    • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
  • WI must have one of the following:

    • Advanced Practice Social Worker or

    • Licensed Clinical Social Worker