Kaiser Permanente
OR
Job Summary: Serves as an integral member of a self-directed inpatient interdisciplinary palliative care team. Provides comprehensive, psychosocial assessments, coordination and implementation of age appropriate social work services to meet the complex needs of patients/families/significant others in the hospital setting. The primary focus of the Inpatient Palliative Care Social Worker (IPC LCSW) is to assist patients and families/caregivers in coping with intense and difficult social, emotional and practical arrangements related to the patients end of life care goals, needs and issues. The social worker encourages respect for individuality, independence and patient choice, while collaborating on policies and systems that respect the cultural, religious and ethnic differences among patients and families. Social work contributes to the teams understanding of team development and working together, as well as understanding the patients beliefs, behaviors and barriers regarding the...