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Clinical Social Worker

SSMC
UAE
Full-time
Junior · 2–5 years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 days ago

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Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments for patients and families to identify emotional, behavioral, environmental, financial, and social factors affecting treatment and recovery.
  • Provide individual, family, and group counseling to support coping, adjustment, grief, trauma, illness management, and behavioral health needs.
  • Deliver crisis intervention for patients experiencing acute psychosocial distress, domestic violence, abuse, neglect, self-harm risk, bereavement, or other urgent social concerns.
  • Develop and implement care plans in collaboration with physicians, nurses, psychologists, case managers, and allied health professionals.
  • Lead and support discharge planning to ensure safe transitions of care, including coordination with rehabilitation centers, long-term care, home healthcare, community agencies, and social support services.
  • Advocate for patient rights, informed decision-making, safeguarding, and access to appropriate services and benefits.
  • Identify and report safeguarding concerns, including child protection, elder abuse, neglect, domestic violence, and vulnerable adult cases, in line with UAE laws and hospital policies.
  • Support patients and families in navigating chronic illness, disability, palliative care, oncology care, mental health conditions, and end-of-life issues.
  • Coordinate referrals to internal and external community resources, social services, mental health support programs, financial aid resources, and rehabilitation services.
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation, case notes, assessments, interventions, and follow-up plans in the hospital information system / EMR.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, case conferences, family meetings, and ethical consultations.
  • Educate patients, caregivers, and staff on psychosocial issues, coping strategies, and available support services.
  • Ensure compliance with hospital standards, UAE healthcare regulations, patient confidentiality, and professional ethics.
  • Contribute to quality improvement initiatives, policy development, and departmental audits related to psychosocial care services.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in social work
  • Master’s degree in social work
  • Minimum 2–5 years of experience in clinical / hospital social work
  • Experience in psychosocial assessment, counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and discharge planning
  • DOH / DHA / MOH eligibility or active license preferred
  • Strong communication, documentation, and teamwork skills
  • Arabic and UAE experience are an advantage

Preferred Qualifications

  • DOH / DHA / MOH eligibility or active license preferred

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