PRN Hospice Social Worker (LMSW)
Company: Interim HealthCare Staffing
Location: North Charleston
Posted on: July 11, 2025
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Job Description:
Hospice Social Worker PRN (LMSW) Serving the Tri-County-
Dorchester, Charleston, and Berkeley Counties Seeking more balance
in your social services career? This is it! As a Hospice MSW for
Interim HealthCare®, you’ll have the flexibility to set your own
schedule in a way that works for you and your patients. Since 1966,
Interim HealthCare has been a leading employer of LMSWs who want to
make a difference in the lives of others through personalized,
home-based care. It’s an opportunity to be the best medical social
worker you can be without compromising your personal priorities. If
that sounds like a career path, you’re ready to embark on, you are
made for this! Our Hospice Medical Social Workers enjoy some
excellent benefits: - Competitive Pay $28.00 to $32.00 DOE - Weekly
pay - Mileage - 1:1 social worker-to-patient ratios where you
impact outcomes - Flexible assignments, autonomy and work-life
balance - Online training, growth and ability to earn CEUs As a
Hospice Medical Social Worker, here’s a big-picture view of what
you’ll do: - Conducts an initial psychosocial assessment of
assigned patients/families within five (5) calendar days of
admission to contribute to the comprehensive assessment of the
patient’s/family’s needs and the IDG plan of care. - Provides
individual and/or family counseling in response to the mental and
emotional status of the patient/family to reduce barriers to
achieving the goals of care. - Identifies special needs related to
religious or cultural diversity and how these impact the
implementation of the IDG plan of care. - Provides counseling in
response to identified anticipatory grief or pathological grief, if
so qualified, or identifies alternative resources for such and
provides direction to those resources. - Evaluates identified
financial or environmental concerns and directs the patient/family
to appropriate community resources, as well as provides follow-up
and acts as a liaison when indicated. - Provides crisis
intervention support to the patient/family, members of a facility
caregiver group or the IDG. - Provides psychosocial updates to
facility staff providing short term inpatient care or respite care.
- Participates in the development of the IDG plan of care and
attends regularly scheduled IDG meetings. - Assists the attending
physician and other IDG members, including facility staff, in
understanding significant social and emotional factors related to
death/dying issues of the patient/family. - Participates in
discharge planning for the patient/family when needed. - Assists
the patient/family in electing advance directives, securing durable
power of attorney, making funeral arrangements and other financial,
legal and healthcare aspects of end-of-life choices. A few
must-haves for Hospice Medical Social Workers: - Graduate of a
Master’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social
Work Education. - Licensed to practice as a Social Worker in the
state in which employed. License is active and in good standing. -
Minimum of one (1) year's experience in health care. - Hospice
experience preferred. - Strong interpersonal skills, good
communicator, empathetic, compassionate and resourceful Why Work
for Interim HealthCare? Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the
nation’s first home care company and a leading employer of Hospice
Health Medical Social Workers (MSWs). Operating through 300
offices, our commitment to you is expressed through a
family-oriented culture that values and appreciates social workers,
and a passion to put patients first. Join a nationwide network of
MSWs who are making a significant impact in the lives of others
through the home-based, social services they provide. Interim
HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all
employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age,
disability or veteran status. pando PandoLogic. Category:Social
Services, Keywords:Medical Social Worker, Location:North
Charleston, SC-29405
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