Clinical Social Worker-Mental Health (Sakina)
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About the Role
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is seeking a Clinical Social Worker to assist patients and families with psychosocial, emotional, and financial problems. The role involves conducting assessments, providing interventions, and coordinating care within a multidisciplinary team.
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Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments related to presenting problems/concerns
- Provide necessary interventions to enhance patient quality of living
- Take care management responsibility for vulnerable clients, including assessment, care plan formulation, and resource identification
- Act as an advocate for the patient in ensuring their expressed wishes are central when planning care
- Liaise with other agencies including government and charity involved in the care of the individual
- Participate in complex discharge planning with the multidisciplinary team
- Provide crisis interventions as needed
- Engage in providing clinically appropriate psychoeducation and direct therapeutic interventions
- Evaluate, assist and counsel children and their caregivers when dealing with issues related to child protection
- Contribute effectively to breaking bad news and the bereavement process
Requirements
- Two years of experience
- Special Certificate (required)
- Familiarity with mental health laws and related legislation including Federal law No. (10) of 2023 concerning mental health
- Ability to manage frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotional circumstances
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Role Summary
- Assists patients, families, and significant others with their psychological, social, environmental, financial, and emotional problems by conducting needed psychosocial assessments and providing necessary interventions.
Qualifications
- Special Certificate: Required
- Two years of experience
Technical Responsibilities
- Taking Care Management responsibility for vulnerable clients, including comprehensive assessment, care plan formulation, and resource identification.
- Carrying out initial comprehensive person centered psychosocial assessments, plan and implement individual strategies of care.
- Acting as an advocate for the patient in ensuring their expressed wishes are central when planning care.
- Consider legal issues for patients admitted and liaise with admitting authority such as police, judicial, prosecution.
- Participate in safe and effective decision making to facilitate a safe, timely discharge.
- Liaising effectively with other agencies including government and charity.
- Working closely with patients/family in directing them to appropriate resources.
- Follow up with psychiatric visits from other hospitals.
- Respecting the rights of the individual service user and their families.
- Follow up with approved ER exempted cases of needy patients.
- Promoting and informing an awareness of social care/social work context.
- Networking and liaise with other professionals and external organizations.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provide crisis interventions as needed.
- Participate in complex discharge planning with the multi disciplinary team.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss and advocate for patient and family needs.
- Engage in providing clinically appropriate psychoeducation and direct therapeutic interventions.
- Evaluate, assist and counsel children and their caregivers when dealing with issues related to child protection.
- Contribute effectively to breaking bad news and the bereavement process.
General Proficiency
- Be familiar with mental health laws and related legislation including Federal law No. (10) of 2023 concerning mental health.
- Recognize differences in culture, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, language, and socioeconomic status.
- Adhere to ethical guidelines and safeguard vulnerable groups.
- Apply effective communication skills, build rapport and be sensitive to patients' individual and social needs.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, hold high standards of professional conduct.
- Continuously reflect on personal biases, limitations and emotional responses and practice self care to prevent burnout.
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