Caseworker Hospice Care

VITAS Healthcare is the nation’s leading end-of-life care provider since 1978. Our hospice organization kickstarts careers in caring, promotes from within, and provides a nationally recognized best-in‑class employee experience. Supported by industry‑leading experts and a growing network of programs in 15+ states, VITAS empowers team members to grow toward their goals while transforming patients’ lives. Our priority is to care: for our patients, for each other, and for the future.

As a hospice social worker, you will provide emotional and logistical support to patients and their loved ones during an important and vulnerable time. Their loved ones will trust you to help them navigate the grieving process. Whether you’re granting an end‑of‑life wish or simply listening to a patient’s stories at their bedside, your actions—large and small—will make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families.

You will spend most of your time caring for hospice patients wherever they call home, which may be a private residence, or an assisted living/skilled nursing facility. About once a week, you’ll come to the office to meet with the rest of your interdisciplinary team: the RNs, physicians, chaplains, and fellow nurses who work together to provide 360‑degree support to the patients and families we serve.

VITAS social workers honor the trust of our patients and center others in their work. In addition to having your social work license, reliable transportation, and at least one year of social work experience in a health‑care setting, you’ll approach your work with the traits that make the VITAS Difference: Ability to travel per job requirements.

Thorough knowledge of community resources or the desire/ability to obtain this knowledge.

Ability to be an effective patient and family advocate—both within the patient/family unit, within the core IDG, and within community agencies and the like.

Masters of Social Work required from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, unless grandfathered in per the 2008 Medicare Hospice Condition of Participation.

At least one year social work experience in a health‑care setting.

Experience as a social worker with the terminally ill and their families, preferred.

CT: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

DC: Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW)

DE: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

GA: MSW must be supervised by LCSW up to obtaining LMSW

IL: Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

NJ: Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

OH: Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

TX: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

WI: Social Worker Certificate

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