Hospice-Social Worker

Hospice-Social Worker

Join Our Mission to Provide Exceptional Care at SilverStone Health

About Us:
At SilverStone Health, we are a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with complex chronic conditions, advanced diseases, and terminal illnesses. Our focus is on providing compassionate, patient-centered care in the comfort of patients' homes, in facilities, or for those transitioning from the hospital to a new care setting. With all services under one roof, we simplify the healthcare process and ensure seamless care coordination. Serving the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area and surrounding regions, we offer Home Health, Palliative Care, Hospice, Specialty Physician Services, Telemedicine, Personal Home Care Assistance, and Wound Care.

We are committed to delivering high-quality care with a personal touch, impacting the lives of thousands of patients daily, and working towards extending that care to even more individuals.

Our Mission:
At SilverStone Health, we are on a mission to redefine healthcare by offering a seamless, all-in-one solution for those facing complex medical challenges. We provide home health, palliative care, hospice services, wound care, and more to those in home-based and facility settings. As we continue to expand, our goal is to provide hope, relief, and comprehensive care to more than 2,000 patients daily.

Our Core Values:

• Integrity: We uphold the highest ethical standards in all aspects of our work.
• Transparency: We believe in open communication, ensuring clarity at all levels.
• Accountability: We take ownership of our responsibilities and deliver on our promises.
• Advocacy: We champion the needs of our patients, families, and team members.
• Urgency: We respond promptly and efficiently to patient needs.
• Excellence: We are committed to providing the highest quality of care 

About The Job

The SilverStone Social workers provide unique knowledge and psychosocial skills for seriously ill patients and their family both in Hospice & Palliative. Our clinicians often collaborate with social workers when caring for seriously ill patients.The Medicare Hospice Benefit and the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care state that social workers are a core member of a hospice or palliative care (PC) interdisciplinary team (IDG). At SilverStone, the role of the social worker is one of patient and family advocacy, and it is of extreme importance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilizing a biopsychosocial assessment of the patient and family as the basis for care planning
• Assisting patients with advanced care directives
• Patient/family psychoeducation regarding coping with illness, normalization of stress, and palliative care options such as hospice services
• Resource identification and referrals; practical assistance; insurance coverage; system navigation; funeral planning.
• Financial counseling related to the cost of care
• Individual and family counseling specific to the disease process, coping, and planning
• Assessing and addressing caregiving resources and needs
• Crisis intervention including suicide assessment and prevention
• Collaborating on discharge planning
• Legacy work including dignity therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Bereavement care and grief counseling, including anticipatory responses to and processing of grief
• Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree or Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) degree.
• Experience and certification in counseling.
• Ideally, Clinical licensure at the Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) / Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) level or similar
• Ideally, certification in hospice and palliative
• Must be willing and available take on-call shifts in rotation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrates proven decision-making skills.
• Able to read, write and comprehend English.
• Ideally knowledge of Home Care Home Base EMR Systems.

Job Qualifications

Transportation

Current State Driver’s License. Reliable personal transportation. Valid and current auto liability insurance.

Environmental and Working Conditions

Works in patient home and skilled nursing facilities in various conditions; ability to work flexible schedule; ability to travel within Dallas County

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance