Job Description

**May be eligible for a $3,000 SIGN-ON BONUS**

Join the team at Avera!

Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation\xe2\x80\x99s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America\xe2\x80\x99s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

Join a compassionate team with Avera@Home-Hospice providing comforting care to those served!

This position may be eligible for a $3,000 sign on bonus with a 2-yr commitment!

Position Highlights:

• This position is eligible for Avera\xe2\x80\x99s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal faster.
• Opportunity to utilize the gifts of compassion, hospitality and stewardship with patients and their families in their homes.
• Provide support in the following counties within a 40-mile radius around Estherville, IA: Dickinson, Clay, Emmet, Palo Alto and Kossuth
• Receive paid mileage!
• Work with an innovative team within a caring Christian culture, collaborating with a vast team of healthcare professionals.
• Be a vital resource to patients, and families.

Job Summary

The Social Worker is responsible to plan, organize, and implement social work service to patients and families, assuring that related emotional and social needs are met and maintained for individuals and families. Responsible to plan for transfers, admissions, and discharges on acute and residential hospice patients. Maintain contact with referring agencies and related people, and with community resources used for referral.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor\'s or Master\xe2\x80\x99s degree in social work or related field from a four-year college or university required.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Current license in Social Work in the State of Iowa required.
• License in Social Work in the states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota may be required depending on the service area. If required, must obtain within 90 days of being placed in the position or of the requirement.
• Completion of the Child Abuse & Dependent Adult Abuse courses for Iowa Mandatory Reporters within 90 days of employment and every 3 years thereafter.
• This position requires a valid driver\xe2\x80\x99s license and that the employee is insurable by the Avera Health automobile liability insurance carrier.

Work Schedule

• Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; 72 hours every 2 weeks

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

• $21.50 - $32.00 per hour

Avera@Home Estherville