Provide social casework management, conducting psychosocial and financial assessment, counselling and appropriate intervention in the management of patient care
Facilitate discharge care planning
Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and facilitate family conferences
Network with relevant organisations, social service agencies and individuals to activate social and financial resources to meet patients' needs
Conduct home-visits
Organise and run psycho-emotional-social group activities for patients
Requirements
Degree in Social Work or Post-Graduate Diploma in Social Work preferably with experience in healthcare setting
Must be a team player who enjoys both hospital and community setting
Compassionate, responsible, positive, dedicated, diligent and independent
Good interpersonal communication skills and social report-writing skills
Strong interest in working with the elderly
Ability to converse in various local languages preferred
Committed to do social casework with the elderly in a healthcare setting
Founded in 1992, St. Andrew’s Community Hospital (SACH) is a community care provider and a service of St. Andrew’s Mission Hospital (SAMH), established in 1913. SACH supports patients beyond acute care through a range of inpatient and community-based services, including: • Inpatient subacute, rehabilitation, palliative and transitional care • Centre-based services such as day rehabilitation, senior daycare and active ageing programmes • Home care services, including medical, nursing, therapy and palliative care • Migrant worker primary care, including medical, dental, physiotherapy and counselling services Our work is guided by our values of Love, Integrity, Growth, Honour and Teamwork, as we care for patients and families and seek the welfare of the wider community.
