Social Worker

Company Description BeLoved Hospice proudly serves Wilsonville, Oregon and surrounding communities, providing hospice, palliative, and primary care services. Established in June 2023, the organization is committed to compassionate, patient-centered care for individuals and families facing serious illness. Team members work closely with patients, loved ones, and community partners to support comfort, dignity, and quality of life. BeLoved Hospice offers an interdisciplinary environment where professionals collaborate to deliver holistic support across medical, emotional, and spiritual needs. Role Description The Social Worker at BeLoved Hospice is a full-time, Hybrid role based in Wilsonville, OR, supporting patients and families throughout their hospice and palliative care journey. Day-to-day responsibilities include conducting psychosocial assessments, developing care plans, and providing counseling, crisis intervention, and emotional support. The Social Worker coordinates community resources, assists with advance care planning, and helps families navigate practical issues such as benefits, housing, and transportation. This role collaborates closely with nurses, physicians, chaplains, and other team members to ensure integrated, person-centered care. The Social Worker also participates in interdisciplinary team meetings, documentation, and quality improvement activities. Pay $72,000.00 - $92,000.00 per year Based On experience Job Summary Provides social services to terminally ill patients and their families within a medically approved plan of care. Assists patients and families to manage problems or needs related to their psychosocial functioning and bereavement. Assists social work team with resources and interventions to provide optimal patient support. Job Duties and Responsibilities Follows an individualized Plan of Care established by the interdisciplinary team for each patient. Assists interdisciplinary team members in identifying potential high-risk bereavement factors. Oversees and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration between team members, physicians and available community resources. Completes PASRR/LOC requests Assists with crisis intervention, issues, concerns and ethical dilemmas. Assists patient with placement issues Evaluates psychosocial care provided through home visits, conferences and documentation review. Immediately reports any changes to the RN Case Manager or interdisciplinary team. Performs joint patient care visits with the RN Case Manager or other members of the interdisciplinary team to address psychosocial or safety concerns. Maintains open lines of communication between other disciplines regarding patient issues. May provide psycho educational training opportunities to hospice team on the significance of social and emotional factors potentially faced during end of life. Performs a psychosocial assessment of patient’s status and needs, including cognitive functioning, emotional status adjustment to illness and its implications, coping abilities, relationships, identity issues, unfinished business, etc. Assess the social, emotional, financial and material factors related to the patient’s illness and involves the patient and family in establishing a care plan with mutually agreed upon goals. Provides crisis intervention related to patient’s terminal illness and needs for care including reducing or eliminating high risks indicators endangering the patient’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Assists other hospice team members in understanding the social and emotional factors related to the patient’s illness. Initiates appropriate clinical interventions in accordance with professional standards of practice and agency-established criteria for competency. Refers hospice patients and family members to appropriate resources #J-18808-Ljbffr