Hospital Social Worker
Hospital Social Worker
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Job Description
Hospital social workers provide counselling to patients and their families helping them to better cope with the illness, the emotions surrounding diagnosis, and with social and financial problems. They work in cooperation with doctors, nurses and other health professionals sensitising them on the emotional aspects of a patient. They act as link between patients and medical staff. Hospital social workers also support the patients and their families with the discharge from the hospital..
Top 37 specific things you need to know
As a Hospital Social Worker, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- advocate for healthcare users' needs
- advocate for social service users
- apply anti-oppressive practices
- apply case management
- apply crisis intervention
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply quality standards in social services
- arrange in-home services for patients
- assess social service users' situation
- build helping relationship with social service users
- company policies
- conduct interview in social service
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- develop professional identity in social work
- empower social service users
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- maintain records of work with service users
- make legislation transparent for users of social services
- meet standards of practice in social services
- negotiate with social service users
- organise social work packages
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote service users' rights
- protect vulnerable social service users
- refer social service users
- review social service plan
- tolerate stress
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Top 31 general things you need to know
More generally, a hospital social worker is also versed in:
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- apply socially just working principles
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- communicate with social service users
- comply with legislation related to health care
- crisis intervention
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop professional network
- have computer literacy
- health care system
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- legal requirements in the social sector
- listen actively
- manage ethical issues within social services
- manage social crisis
- manage stress in organisation
- negotiate with social service stakeholders
- plan social service process
- promote social change
- provide social counselling
- provide support to social services users
- relate empathetically
- report on social development
- social justice
- social sciences
- social work theory
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work within communities
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent hospital social worker
It also helps to know the following:
- assess the development of youth
- support social service users at the end of life
- support traumatised children
- therapy in health care
- adolescent psychological development
- evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves
- older adults' needs
- prepare youths for adulthood
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- psychological counselling methods
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
Top employers for this job
Hospital Social Worker (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
Full Time
Urgent
Private
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