Hospice social work: honest, practical, comprehensive
What hospice social workers need to know to excel at their professions.
Make it easy for hospice patients and families to learn about what you do in their time with a visual aide they can keep handy in their home. Feel free to customize this list to reflect your strengths and the resources in your service area.
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It is important to have a grasp of what hospice social work is, but you won’t stand out if if you don’t have it when you start your first position. In a recent poll I conducted in a Facebook hospice social work forum, 31 members responded that their agency does not provide adequate training, but only 24 stated that they did.
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There are two flavors of Hospice Social Work success: the heroic and the mundane. The heroic successes are when interventions resolve crisis, reunite families, provide patients and families with something that will inspire joy, and counseling that helps patients or family members in measurable ways as they work through their struggles.
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How I know that hospice social work is a role I want to devote much of my life to. Some reasons why you may feel compelled to do the same.
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