MSW / Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Home Health MSW

in Verona, VA and surrounding areas!

Discover a new lane in social work that brings hope to patients enduring difficult health issues. As a Home Health Medical Social Worker for Interim HealthCare®, you’ll visit patients and families in their homes and connect them to the resources, counseling and support they need to rise above their challenges and live their best. It’s an opportunity to advocate for others in meaningful ways that improve their lives and bring strength amid their struggles. If that resonates with your heart, you are made for this!

Our Home Health Medical Social Workers enjoy some excellent benefits:

• Competitive per visit rates; $65- $85 / visit depending on type of visit
• 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
• PTO, Holiday Pay, Medical/Dental/Vision & 401(k) Benefits offered

As a Home Health MSW, here’s a big-picture view of what you’ll do:

• Provide in house social services to patients dealing with depression, anxiety, poor nutrition or a lack of resources that make managing their injury or disease difficult
• Work as part of a home health team which may include an RN, LPN, CNA, HHA, PT, OT or SLP, focused on the patient’s plan of care and individual goals
• Monitor a patient’s psychosocial condition and identify social and emotional needs
• Conduct patient assessments, document progress and ensure patient is moving toward goals
• Provide counseling, community resource planning, crisis intervention and advocacy Consult with family and caregivers on patient’s plan of care and how to help them progress

A few must-haves for Home Health Medical Social Workers:

• Master’s degree in Social Work
• Active MSW license in Virginia preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of social work experience, ideally in home healthcare
• CPR certification
• Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations
• Strong interpersonal skills, good communicator, empathetic, compassionate and resourceful

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.