Social Worker | 40 hours per week | Palliative Care

• →Advocate for clients or patients to resolve crises.
• →Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients' medical or physical condition and to assess client needs.
• →Counsel clients, patients and their families to help them adjust to diagnosis, prognosis, and hospice admission.
• →Assist director and volunteer coordinator with community programs to promote public relations and community awareness.
• →Identify environmental impediments to client or patient progress through interviews and review of patient records, and provide possible solutions.
• →Modify treatment plans to comply with changes in clients' status.
• →Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
• →Assist family members in understanding, dealing with, and supporting the client or patient.
• →Collaborates with the discharge planning team to facilitate and arrange appropriate discharge needs of the client according to standards set by Joint Commission and CMS.
• →Regular and reliable attendance.

Palliative Care, West Burlington:
• Risk exposure to airborne pathogens is a level 1 category, meaning the job requires you to enter airborne isolation rooms (N95 mask fit).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services-related field, ie. Psychology, Sociology, Criminal Justice, etc., Required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from a program accredited by the Council of Social Work Education or LBSW Preferred
• Social Work experience in health care settings Preferred
• Social Work experience in other practice settings Preferred
• Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for counseling and guidance.
• Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Ability to speak to others in a professional manner.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.