Medical Social Work

Industry: Healthcare
Location: Thomson Road
Working Hours: 5 Days Office hours

Responsibilities

• Provide and facilitate socio-economic evaluations to help patients and their families address practical concerns, such as financial matters, which are often an issue at the end of life.
• On-going individual and family counselling through face-to-face sessions or home visitations in order to help navigate personal and ethical dilemmas, cultural conflicts, and issues relating to religion, spirituality, and the meaning of life.
• Work with the broader community, including educational, religious, and social service organizations, so that patients and their families can achieve optimal end-of-life goals.
• Engage families' involvement and encourage their visits, as well as prepare patients/families for the end-of-life stage and managing the life closure and the dying process.
• Provide bereavement information, education, and support to help the families of deceased patients cope with their grief and loss.
• Attend Interdisciplinary Patient Care Conferences with medical, nursing, and allied health colleagues to discuss plans for total management of the patient.
• Counsel patients and their family members on financial and discharge care plans.
• Perform fieldwork involving visiting patients in hospital wards and other social agencies to help alleviate or resolve their medico-social problems.
• Prepare social and other related reports for management and other related institutions/agencies.
• Present cases for discussion and engage actively on formal platforms such as departmental or inter-departmental meetings for the purpose of sharing, reviewing, and clarifying atypical, difficult issues.
• Maintain constant networking with MSW, Counsellors, staff nurses, nursing officers, and relevant medical staff/authorities of other organisations.
• Undertake more workload or difficult cases when required.
• Orientate and on-job train new staff and/or attached interns on their performance of duties.
• Participate in in-service education programmes and follow up to ensure optimum transfer of learning.
• Present at Journal Club the works and developments in palliative and end-of-life care settings of PSS to other disciplines in the hospice.
• Document all social interventions for record within the expected time frame set by the department.

Job Requirements

• Degree in Social Work and/or Master in Counselling preferred.
• Registered with the Singapore Association of Social Workers for Social Workers or Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC).
• At least 2 to 3 years of relevant experience in a healthcare environment preferred.
• Bilingual and ability to communicate in local dialects preferred.

All successful candidates can expect a very competitive remuneration package and a comprehensive range of benefits.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Please send your updated CV to kylie.wong@peopleprofilers.com.

People Profilers Pte Ltd
20 Cecil St, #08-09, PLUS Building, Singapore 049705
EA Licence Number: 02C4944
Tel: 6950 9749
JOBID: QX886WRY