Key Responsibilities:
Engage resident and significant others in a therapeutic manner to understand their needs and underlying issues.
Conduct a bio-psychosocial-spiritual assessment of the resident/ family, integrate a range of information from relevant stakeholders, utilize social work principles, legal and ethical framework, and initiate inter-agency conference for complex case to prepare resident for admission, and to justify suitability/unsuitability for admission.
Apply clinical and professional theories to pre-empt and execute social work intervention plans across resident's trajectory of illness.
Manage and overcome reluctance and resistance to change. Help residents/significant others to develop and choose strategies and formulate viable plans.
Follow up and review residents' changing needs and update care plan to ensure relevance and effectiveness of intervention.
Conducts field visits as and when required.
Develop protocols and work with residents, famili...