Hospice Social Worker

We have been a trusted community resource since 1980. Our reputation has been built on consistency, responsiveness, and quality. As a non-profit, community-led agency, we are able to focus on providing quality care to patients and families when they need it most, rather than being driven by profit or financial demand.

We are seeking a Social Worker to become a member of the hospice transdisciplinary team, will be responsible for providing supportive services to help meet patient/family social, emotional, and financial needs related to the impact of a terminal illness, loss, and grief.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm

Office Location:

Pleasanton, CA

Service Location:

Contra Costa & Alameda Counties

Hope Hospice follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Assess patient/family social and emotional factors to determine ability to cope with terminal illness and death


• Assess family/caregiver capacity to participate in providing care to patients and assist with resources


• Provide individual and family counseling to patient/families in all psychosocial aspects of end-of-life care


• Assess environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety

Education/Experience:

• Master’s degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education


• Minimum one-year’s social work experience in acute health care setting


• Hospice or Home Health experience preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current California Driver’s License and automobile insurance that meets State of California requirements, if driving a car.

Pay Range:
$44.50 - $52.30 hourly

Hope Hospice is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at Hope Hospice. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.