Medical Social Worker II - Grade 10 - Hospice 40 Hrs. (7/10/2025)
Company: Kaiser
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: July 11, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Summary: The primary role of the Medical Social Worker II in
the Hospice/Home Health setting is to assist patients and
families/caregivers to cope with the social/ emotional issues and
practical arrangements related to the patients illness. Under
general direction, delivers age-appropriate social work care to
patients and their caregivers in their place of residence in
accordance with agency policy and procedure and state and federal
regulations. The Medical Social Worker II serves as an integral
member of the home health team providing assessments, coordination
and implementation of social work services to meet the complex
needs of patients in the home setting. Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide psychodynamic interventions, crisis intervention,
grief/bereavement counseling, problem solving, stress reduction and
developing healthy coping strategies in individual/family/group
settings. - Provide counseling to help patients cope with
acute/chronic/terminal illnesses. - Responsible for developing and
implementing individual Plan of Treatment which assist patients and
families to cope and/or restore social, emotional, financial and
environmental factors which affect and/or affected by illness. -
Completes biopsychosocial strengths based assessments. - Partners
with patient to identify needs and develop and implement individual
treatment plan based on mutually agreed upon treatment plan. -
Discuss options for care proactively including Kaiser resources and
external community/government resources to assist patient and
family in developing short and long term care plans as appropriate.
- Team with other disciplines in assessing, planning and providing
services for patients utilizing biopsychosocial information. -
Assist patient in advocating for self to receive appropriate
services within Kaiser and in the community. - Assist patient and
family in placing patient in higher level of care as determined by
team and patient, if applicable. - Takes, reviews, evaluates and
prioritizes written and oral referrals. - Maintains documentation,
records and data collections. - Responsible for completion of
required documents in a complete and timely manner. - Functions as
part of the Home Health/Hospice Team to assure appropriate, timely
placement of Kaiser members in nursing facilities. - Liaison
between patient and Kaiser maintaining positive relationship with
Kaiser and providing for continuity of care. - Identifies
appropriate levels of care and facilities for referred patients,
where applicable. Obtains placements, where applicable. -
Collaborate with internal and external resources in Kaiser and the
community to meet mutually agreed upon goals and objectives. -
Provides information and referral to community resources as
requested. - Coordinates exchange of information between Kaiser,
families, members and skilled nursing facilities. Determines
application of Kaiser, Medicare and Medi-Cal benefits to specific
patient situations. - Participates in Quality Assurance activities
as assigned. - Assist in coordinating communication between
regional offices, clinics, hospitals, and field staff, triaging of
phone calls from members/families. - Works with referral sources to
clarify and complete required clinical and psychosocial
information. - Perform other related duties as necessary. Basic
Qualifications: Experience - Step I: 0 - 2 years social work
experience. - Step II: 2 - 4 years social work experience within
the last five (5) years. - Step III: 4 or more years social work
experience within the last ten (10) years. Education - Masters in
Social Work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.
License, Certification, Registration - Driver's License
(California) - Basic Life Support Additional Requirements: -
Demonstrated ability to work on a multidisciplinary team. - Must
have solid psychosocial assessment skills. - Knowledge of chronic
and acute disease and how it impacts patient and family
functioning. - Demonstrated excellent oral/telephone communication
skills and written documentation. - Must be computer-literate and,
preferably, experienced in automated clinical information systems.
- Must demonstrate ability to effectively and efficiently handle
demanding workload involving multiple tasks. - Demonstrated ability
to function independently as a collaborative, supportive team
member. - Must be able to master detailed and complex information
regarding benefits and coordination of care. - Must be willing to
work in a Labor Management Partnership environment. - Also refer to
Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective
bargaining agreement. Preferred Qualifications: - LCSW preferred. -
One (1) year experience providing direct service in medical or home
health related setting - MSW internship considered. PrimaryLocation
: California,Redwood City,Redwood City CSA Offices HoursPerWeek :
40 Shift : Day Workdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu *900 Veterans
Blvd, Ste 400, Redwood City, CA 94063 WorkingHoursStart : 08:30 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM Job Schedule : Full-time Job Type :
Standard Employee Status : Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation
: A06|SEIU|United Healthcare Workers West Job Level : Individual
Contributor Job Category : Behavioral Health, Social Services &
Spiritual Care Department : Redwood City Hospital - Hospice -
Internal - Other - 0201 Travel : Yes, 100 % of the Time Kaiser
Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair,
respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered
for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national
origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected
characteristic or status.
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