Social Work Associate

Functions as a Social Work Assistant in collection of biodata of patient/family through interviews.
Provides social information to the Medical Social Worker to facilitate intervention in management of patient care.
Manages routine cases independently.

Casework / Psychosocial Care

• Formulate case assessment for discussion with Medical Social Workers and make recommendation for intervention
• Formulate assessment of care needs through field visits

Group Work

• Assist in conducting group work sessions for target groups

Community Work

• Assist in conducting community needs assessments

• Participate in community mapping

• Co-plan certain segments of community events

Programme Development and Implementation

• Plan and coordinate projects

Safe Care

• Contribute to maintenance and improvement of safe care (e.g. quality improvement projects, adherence to Code of Ethics and hand hygiene, etc).

Job Requirements
Education:

• Diploma