Social WorkSocial Work
The Social Work Department provides a service to patients, their families and significant others according to the needs of the patient being served, and accepted standards of social work practice in accordance with AASW guidelines. This involves assessment of the need for social work contact, planning the type of intervention required, and any follow up or referral to community based agencies for ongoing support when the patient has been discharged. Some of the interventions used include counselling, advocacy, discharge planning and support for the patient and family.
Inpatient Services
Provision of Social Work services to inpatients, their families, and significant others to enable them to deal with the impact of changes in health on individual and family functioning and to achieve optimum assistance from health care services. Services may include complex discharge planning, provision of information for patients with a new diagnosis, initial grief counselling, antenatal and postnatal contact and support, liaison with community agencies and general support.
Outpatient Services
Limited outpatient services are provided. This service is new and primarily provides a social work service to Antenatal Clinic, Diabetes Education and Nutrition patients.