Social Work

The Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care

Position: Social worker

Contract period: two years (non-renewable)

1. Provide professional clinical social work services, including case evaluation, care planning, intervention counseling, crisis management, and service evaluation, to provide emotional support, counseling and treatment services to terminal patients, family caregivers and bereaved individuals.

2. Plan, implement and lead a grief support group, grief counseling activities, life education workshops, public education lectures, and daytime activities for terminally ill patients and their caregivers.

3. Assist institutions in publishing, research, knowledge exchange and professional training, and promote hospice care and grief support knowledge to the public, volunteers and medical and nursing teams.

4. Responsible for volunteer recruitment, training, matching, supervision and management, building and optimizing the volunteer support system and community service network.

5. Closely coordinate with medical teams, social welfare institutions, community groups and cooperative units, and coordinate the implementation of inpatient and outpatient services.

6. Provide interdisciplinary case conferences, resource referrals, and follow-up services

7. Plan project application for funding and budget management, write professional reports, case records, service data and progress reports to ensure that services meet the organization's and Social Welfare Department's professional standards.

8. Participate in service planning, quality control, service review, and continuous improvement work.

· Hold a social work degree and be registered as a social worker with the Hong Kong Social Worker Registration Board (either Level 1 or Level 2 is acceptable)

· At least 3 years of work experience, interested in grief and end-of-life care. Welcome those who have received relevant training and have experience, mature and stable personality, emotional management, and good at getting along and cooperating with others.

· If the applicant has no experience in this service, the Association will provide on-the-job training and guidance (including knowledge of end-of-life care, grief counseling skills, and bereavement service procedures)

· Applicants are required to have a good work attitude, enthusiasm, communication and listening skills, and the ability to build interpersonal relationships. They should have empathy and patience with bereaved families, and the ability to respond and adapt.

· Proficient in Chinese and English oral and written communication, fluent in Mandarin is preferred

· Familiar with MS Office office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), with basic data processing and report writing abilities