Social Work Associate
Job Description:
- Meaningful Palliative Home Care Role
- Supportive Multidisciplinary Team
- Career Growth In Social Work
Responsibilities
- Give psychosocial and spiritual support to home care patients and their families by phone and on home visits
- Run the daily distress screening for newly admitted home care patients and their caregivers, and collate the results
- Refer higher-need patients to the psychosocial team, and follow up directly with the others through calls and home visits
- Provide case management and basic supportive counselling
- Record all assessments and interventions in the patient care system
- Prepare monthly reports on screening outcomes
- Work closely with doctors, nurses, Medical Social Workers and counsellors, and attend team meetings when needed
Requirements
- Diploma in Social Work, Social Services, Community Development or a related field
- 1–2 years of experience in healthcare or social services preferred
- Bilingual. Ability to speak local dialects is an advantage
- Comfortable using IT and AI tools (e.g. Excel, AI scribe tools) and writing reports
- Good interpersonal, interviewing and analytical skills
- Able to work independently and adapt to different settings
- Passionate about patient care. Interest in pursuing a Social Work degree is a plus