LMSW / PRN / Home Health / IntegraCare
Location: Temple, Texas
Description: Peoplefirst HomeCare and Hospice is employing LMSW / PRN / Home Health / IntegraCare right now, this vacancy will be placed in Texas. Further informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions. The LMSW is an integral member of the home health interdisciplinary team by providing direct counseling services to patients and families. Coordination of intervention des! ign, facilitation of grief group, participation in education programs and consultation with community groups and professionals.
Essential Job Functions:
Participate in regular scheduled interdisciplinary team meetings and individual conferences, as needed, to facilitate coordination of care.
Contribute towards identifying social problems, their severity, inter-relatedness to the medical situation, in addition to assessing family strengths and weaknesses with focus upon methods to alleviate problems.
Emotional support to assist with the anxiety and stress precipitated by illness, loss, disability, and death which will work to reduce the patient's and families emotional discomfort and facilitate adjustment to present life situation.
Will report to and update the interdisciplinary team on bereavement services.
Maintains appropriate clinical records and reports as required.
Develops and presents specific bereaveme! nt training for staff and volunteers as needed.
Estab! lishes a support group, if indicated, for families according to established policy.
Arranges for home visits of clergy and other religious organizations in the community as needed.
Provides other necessary counseling services (such as financial) and makes referrals to community resources as needed.
Completes a plan of treatment on patients that require medical social services.
Participate in Performance Improvement program and assist with PI data retrieval when requested.
Is available on request to present community education programs to churches and other organizations.
Maintains confidentiality in respect to all home health matters.
Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned department by assessing, treating or caring for all patients physiological, psychosocial, and/or learning needs to determine priority ! of implementation of age appropriate social services interventions and teaching plan based upon the discipline represented. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to the patients age specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age specific categories include pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics.
Fosters an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
Keep abreast of current professional standards in the filed of home health and social work and makes recommendations in terms of policy, procedures and programs.
Other duties as assigned: The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of! the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this ! job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Communications:
Internal: Owners, Administrator, Home Health Staff Interdisciplinary Team, Advisory Committee.
External: Physicians and their staff, patients, families, referral sources, Community resources and agencies.
Qualifications
Master's Degree in Social work. If not a MSW must have an MSW sign off on visits.
Good Communication skills.
Must have current driver's license, automobile and auto liability insurance which meets the state financial responsibility laws requirements.
Interest/experience with Home Health patients and families.
Strong background in counseling.
Must be a Licensed Social Worker with the state of employment.
Physical Requirements:
Visual/hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written/verbal communicat! ion.
Ability to perform tasks involving physical activity (In good physical health).
Ability to drive an automobile.
Ability to deal effectively with stress.
I have read/reviewed the job description for the position of Social Worker, acknowledge that all items are essential to the job, understand what the job demands, and agrees that I am able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
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This vacancy will be started on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:29:28 GMT
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