Cherish Hospice is hiring: Social Worker in Wabash

Job Overview

Cherish-Hospice is seeking a Social Worker in the Wabash / Kokomo area. Cherish-Hospice is built on three pillars of values: compassion for the patient, guidance every step of the way, and ensuring the patient’s quality of life with physical and emotional comfort. We are focused on how we treat employees, how we work with compliance, and ensuring a smooth transition from curative to palliative care.

Social Worker Responsibilities

• Provide Medical Social Services to the patient and/or family according to the hospice plan of care.
• Conduct a psychosocial assessment as part of the comprehensive assessment within 5 days of admission to the hospice program, including emotional, social, financial and environmental resources and identifying appropriate psychosocial problems, interventions and goals for the patient’s plan of care.
• Participate in IDG meetings and the development of the patient’s plan of care.
• Observe, record and report changes in the patient's emotional and social factors that are affected by the illness and care needs and response to treatment.
• Evaluate the patient and family’s response to, and effectiveness of, the medical social work intervention.
• Participate in discharge planning, as needed.
• Assess the patient’s/family members’ ability to cope with the patient’s dying.

Social Worker Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, licensed in the State of IN
• 1 year of experience

Job Type: Full-time (hourly)

Schedule

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: On the road

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Other

Industries

• Hospitals and Health Care

Benefits include health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, mileage reimbursement, paid time off, 401k, and a $1,500 sign-on bonus, along with competitive pay and advancement opportunities.