Hospice Social Worker

Overview

Presbyterian Homes & Services - Optage Hospice is seeking a Full Time Social Worker to join its team.

Optage Hospice offers older adult patients, their families and caregivers the care, insight and guidance to live as fully and comfortably as possible. Our comprehensive program is designed to help our clients achieve the best quality of life, ensuring they receive loving care and respect. A customized, family-centered plan of care is developed for the clients and is updated continuously. Services are provided in surroundings that are familiar; a private home, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing care center - wherever you call home.

Consider joining our team in providing compassionate and high quality care and services within a caring Christian environment.

Responsibilities

The Hospice Social Worker is responsible for developing, planning, implementing, supervising, and monitoring medical social services for hospice clients consistent with regulations and established best practices.

Responsiblities include :

Hospice Services

• Create and maintain an environment that achieves high quality care (physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual) of clients and maintain their independence and dignity to the highest degree possible. Ensure that services provided promote the quality of remaining life. Establish and maintain effective communication systems with all customers and respond promptly to client and family issues.

Medical Social Services

Relationships with Outside Constituencies

Team Participation

Operational Management

Financial Management

Ministry Focus

Qualifications

Pay Range

The estimated starting pay range for this role is $26.86 - $29.84 per hour. This good faith estimate is based upon PHS's typical starting pay range for this role. Actual pay range depends on many factors including each individual employee's qualifications and market conditions and is subject to change.

Benefits

Full-time benefits-eligible employment begins at a minimum of 30 hours per week :

Full and Part-time benefits-eligible employment working between 20-29 hours per week :

All employees :

About PHS

Based in St. Paul, Minnesota-Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS) is a nonprofit, faith-based organization providing a broad array of high-quality housing choices, care options and services for older adults. There are over 7,500 team members like you at PHS, serving more than 26,000 older adults through 60+ PHS-affiliated senior living communities in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, and through Optage® and other community services. PHS is also co-owner of Genevive®, the largest geriatric primary care practice in MN, providing comprehensive care for over 15,000 older adults.

An Innovative Leader : Established in 1955, PHS has earned the reputation as an Innovative Leader dedicated to promoting independence, purposeful living, and overall well-being. PHS is now one of the largest nonprofit senior housing and services providers in the US.

Our strong focus on our employees, means we are committed to an environment where you are valued and empowered to make a difference. With a strong commitment to team growth from within, roughly 80% of leadership roles are filled through the development of people like you. To learn more about PHS culture, benefits and team development, we invite you to visit the "Careers" section of our website.

Let's get you started.

PHS is an EEO / AA employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.