Monday 19 March 2018
Tomorrow, Tuesday March 20th 2018 marks World Social Work Day.
Our social workers are an essential part of our integrated care services. The close connections between social workers, nurses, care and support staff, other allied health professionals and medical staff means that social workers are able to help influence and balance decision making to reflect the wider social situation of the person .
Social work is an established professional discipline which works with other professions to play a key role in helping children, adults and families to take control of, and to improve, their lives in conditions where their security, safety or ability to participate in civic life are restricted.
A social work qualification is only the start of professional learning and development. Our social work professionals are expected to undertake ongoing professional development throughout their career, to make sure that they keep their knowledge and skills up to date and that they provide the highest standard of practice.
Social work is a challenging but highly rewarding and valued career, which supports vulnerable people and brings about positive change in their lives.
Michelle Thacker, Community Social Care Manager, commented on how social work professionals are needed across all age ranges and in all areas of health and social care in the Bailiwick:
'HSC's Social Workers work across a wide range of areas. This includes our busy Community Care Social Workers; those working in our Children and Family services, our Social Workers based in the Princess Elizabeth Hospital working with people who have been admitted into Hospital; our specialist Dementia and Learning Disability Services who work with people with dementia or a learning disability (also covering those people transitioning from childhood into adulthood) We also have a social workers based in Specialist palliative Care and are recruiting for a new Social Worker for Older People.'
