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A social worker’s role in the hospital setting is to support patients and their families through their healthcare journey.
Social workers work with diverse populations and help address the impact of illness and treatment for patients. The goal is to restore, maintain and enhance social and emotional functioning by focusing on strengths, linking people to necessary resources and providing supportive counselling for their individual and unique situations. This, in turn, will promote quality of life for the patient when they are ready to be discharged back into the community.
What can a social worker help with?
- Psychosocial assessments
- Emergency resources and community referrals
- Coping/support/counselling
- Mediators for complex family dynamics
- Mental health issues
- Addictions and substance abuse
- Power of Attorney and assisting finding next of kin
- Consultation for ethical dilemmas
- Abuse
- Palliative care
- Diabetes support - Children
- Immigration issues
- Accessing drug coverage
- Travellers with/without insurance
Social Work Departments
- Inpatient Medical
- Renal/Dialysis
- Oncology
- Eating Disorders
- Sexual Abuse/Domestic Violence
- Children’s Mental Health
- Inpatient Adult Mental Health
- Addiction
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