Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

Vitas Healthcare - Mount Dora, FL

Full-time - Entry Level

Mount Dora, FL

Social Assistance

About the position

The Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) is a vital member of the interdisciplinary team, responsible for assessing psychosocial symptoms of patients and their families. This role involves developing psychosocial outcomes to alleviate identified symptoms and providing psychoeducation, supportive counseling, and casework interventions. The LMSW also offers psychosocial education and consultation to the interdisciplinary group (IDG) and participates in the preparation and execution of care plans to ensure high-quality psychosocial care is delivered.

Responsibilities

• Perform bio-psycho-social-spiritual assessments of patients and families.
• Provide individual and family supportive counseling.
• Refer patients and families to appropriate community resources.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the patient medical record.
• Attend weekly team meetings to plan care.
• Participate in patient case conferences.
• Provide psychosocial education and consultation to the core IDG.
• Participate in psychosocial supervision meetings and other trainings.
• May supervise other psychosocial team members, including social work interns.
• Act as the coordinator and communicator of volunteer interventions on the plan of care.
• Provide bereavement care, including group activities.
• Participate in psychosocial spiritual on-call rotation as assigned.

Requirements

• Masters of Social Work from an accredited school.
• At least one year of social work experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience with terminally ill patients and their families is preferred.
• Knowledge of community resources or the ability to obtain this knowledge.
• Knowledge of psychosocial issues prevalent with terminally ill patients and effective interventions.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Ability to advocate for patients and families within the IDG and community agencies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as a social worker with terminally ill patients and their families.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Cancer and/or critical illness benefit
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Insurance
• Roadside Assistance
• Affinity Program