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Cedars-Sinai
Bereavement Counselor, Hospice
Sutter Health
part-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: San Mateo • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $47 - $62 per hour
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Assist the Bereavement Program Coordinator with ensuring bereavement services are provided to the families/caregivers of hospice patients in accordance with the interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Provide bereavement counseling to the individual's family after the individual's death for a period up to one year following the patient's death.
- Ensure bereavement services reflect the needs of the bereaved.
- Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team and community resources to support bereaved persons.
- Document and maintain records per Medicare, accrediting bodies, and state regulations applicable to bereavement programs.
- Respond appropriately to sensitive issues and provide emotional support to families and caregivers.
- Work with minimal supervision, prioritize caseloads, and manage time-pressure and changing priorities.
- Demonstrate professionalism, participate in orientation and annual core competency assessments.
Requirements
- Master's: In social work or related field
- Equivalent experience will be accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
- DL-Valid Drivers License
- Automobile Insurance
- BLS- Basic Life Support Certification
- 2 years recent relevant experience
- Understanding of psychosocial implications of illness, hospice and/or home care death and dying issues and dynamics of grief.
- Knowledge of Medicare, Accrediting bodies, State and all other regulations applicable to Bereavement programs
- Knowledge of community resources available to bereaved persons.
- Excellent computer skills.
- Must be able to discern sensitive issues and respond appropriately.
- Must be sensitive to the human needs and situations encountered in the provision of hospice and bereavement care.
- Must be detail-oriented and creative.
- Must have excellent organizational skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving abilities, ability to prioritize work.
- Must be able to work effectively with a minimum of supervision.
- Must be able to work under time-pressure and changing priorities and be able to deal with potentially conflicting demands.
- Demonstrate professionalism when interacting with clients and co-workers.
- Must be able to handle sensitive issues, conflict with or among others, respectively direct and reinforce staff efforts; effectively plan and organize and prioritize work, and to effectively solve unique problems as they arise or identify when to consult supervisor.
- Maintain a positive and professional image and demonstrate self-directed learning to meet professional development and/or license requirements.
- At orientation and annually thereafter, must be able to meet core competencies for position and area of specialty, as appropriate.
Benefits
- Benefits: Yes
- Eligible roles also qualify for a comprehensive benefits package.
- Unions: Yes
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
bereavement counselingdocumentationrecord maintenanceunderstanding of psychosocial implicationsknowledge of Medicare regulationsknowledge of accrediting bodiesknowledge of state regulationsknowledge of community resourcescomputer skillsproblem solving
Soft skills
emotional supportsensitivity to human needsdetail-orientedorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillsability to prioritize workability to work with minimal supervisionability to work under time-pressureprofessionalismself-directed learning
Certifications
Master's in social workBasic Life Support Certificationvalid driver's licenseautomobile insurance
