Medical Social Worker

3 weeks ago

Singapore Methodist Welfare Services Full time
Roles & Responsibilities

The role involves providing psychosocial care across a range of eldercare community settings within the organization, including homecare, home hospice, and Centre-based services, as part of an integrated model of care.

Role & Responsibilities

  • Conduct psychosocial and financial assessments for patients/clients and their caregivers
  • Provide direct counselling, emotional support, and psychoeducation to patients/clients and their families to facilitate coping with illness, grief, loss, and life transitions.
  • Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to develop individualized care plans and facilitate family conferences to support communication and shared decision-making.
  • Act as an advocate and liaison for patients/clients and their families, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, community partners, and government agencies to ensure access to necessary resources and services.
  • Proactively risks to patient/client well-being and intervene promptly and appropriately to mitigate potential harm.
  • Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and timely documentation of assessments, interventions, care plans, and progress notes in accordance with professional standards and organizational policies.
  • Actively participate in and contribute to departmental and organizational quality improvement initiatives, service development, and program evaluation to enhance patient/client outcomes and service delivery.
  • Uphold the highest standards of professional social work ethics, confidentiality, and practice as guided by the Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW) Code of Ethics.

Qualifications, Competencies & Experience

  • Master/Bachelor/Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work
  • Preferably a registered Social Worker with the Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW)
  • Good team player with positive attitude, caring and compassionate individual
  • Good interpersonal skills, able to communicate people at all levels such as patient's families, government agencies and other professionals
  • A quality service mind-set
  • At least 3 years of relevant working experience in a healthcare or eldercare setting
  • Familiarity with dialects will be an advantage
  • Advance Care Planning facilitator would be an advantage
  • Inclination towards palliative care and/or community case management will be an advantage
  • Ability to speak and write effectively in English.
Tell employers what skills you have

Microsoft Office
Quality Improvement
Interpersonal Skills
Medical Social Work
Healthcare
Social Services
Life Transitions
Care Planning
Interventions
Advocate
Palliative Care
Wellbeing
Team Player
Program Evaluation
Case Management
Service Delivery

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