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Healthcare Social Workers - 21-1022.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family care givers, providing patient education and counseling, and making referrals for other services. May also provide care and case management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Social Worker
  • Medical Social Worker
  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Director of Social Services
  • Social Work Case Manager
  • Nephrology Social Worker
  • Oncology Social Worker
  • Renal Social Worker
  • Director of Social Work
  • Psychiatric Social Worker

SOC Occupation Groups

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Tasks

  • Advocate for clients or patients to resolve crises.
  • Collaborate with other professionals to evaluate patients' medical or physical condition and to assess client needs.
  • Conduct social research to advance knowledge in the social work field.
  • Counsel clients and patients in individual and group sessions to help them overcome dependencies, recover from illness, and adjust to life.
  • Develop or advise on social policy and assist in community development.
  • Identify environmental impediments to client or patient progress through interviews and review of patient records.
  • Investigate child abuse or neglect cases and take authorized protective action when necessary.
  • Modify treatment plans to comply with changes in clients' status.
  • Monitor, evaluate, and record client progress according to measurable goals described in treatment and care plan.
  • Organize support groups or counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting the client or patient.
  • Oversee Medicaid- and Medicare-related paperwork and recordkeeping in hospitals.
  • Plan and conduct programs to combat social problems, prevent substance abuse, or improve community health and counseling services.
  • Plan discharge from care facility to home or other care facility.
  • Refer patient, client, or family to community resources to assist in recovery from mental or physical illness and to provide access to services such as financial assistance, legal aid, housing, job placement or education.
  • Supervise and direct other workers providing services to clients or patients.
  • Utilize consultation data and social work experience to plan and coordinate client or patient care and rehabilitation, following through to ensure service efficacy.

Detailed Work Activities

  • advise clients in emergency situations
  • collect social or personal information
  • compile data related to social service programs
  • conduct patient assessments
  • coordinate social service activities with resource providers
  • coordinate staff or activities in clerical support setting
  • counsel individuals with personal problems
  • determine program eligibility
  • determine social service program status
  • develop plans for programs or projects
  • develop policies, procedures, methods, or standards
  • empathize with others during counseling or related services
  • encourage group participation
  • evaluate client progress against measurable recorded goals
  • evaluate patient response to therapy
  • evaluate patient's skills or capacities
  • follow confidentiality procedures
  • follow patient care procedures
  • follow patient observation procedures
  • identify home safety hazards
  • maintain dental or medical records
  • manage detailed case records in a social work setting
  • match clients to community resources
  • monitor client progress
  • process medical records
  • recognize childhood diseases
  • recognize physical or emotional abuse
  • record client's personal data
  • record medical history or data
  • refer clients to community services or resources
  • refer patients to community resources
  • relate to clients' socioeconomic conditions
  • teach medical self care
  • train family members to provide bedside care
  • use agency mission as a guideline in social services delivery
  • use behavior modification techniques
  • use conflict resolution techniques
  • use counseling techniques
  • use current social research
  • use grief counseling techniques
  • use interpersonal communication techniques
  • use intervention techniques
  • use interviewing procedures
  • use knowledge of investigation techniques
  • use scientific research methodology

Military Crosswalk Titles

  • Chaplain Assistant (Army - Enlisted)

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Social Worker, Medical