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SOCIAL WORK SERVICES |
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Central State Hospital’s Social Work staff includes 50
professionals and paraprofessionals serving adult, geriatric, child and adolescent clients
in a comprehensive health care setting. Specific settings include adult, child and
adolescent psychiatry; a facility for the developmentally disabled; a medical/surgical
hospital and nursing home/long term care facilities. Social work functions include
but are not limited to those outlined below. |
Psychosocial Assessment Initial and ongoing assessment to identify client strengths, deficits and risk factors, and to recommend social work interventions. |
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Responsibilities, Rights, Ethics Advocating for clients to reduce or eliminate barriers to service. Membership in the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia provides periodic CEU’s. |
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Care and Treatment Providing counseling and education to clients and families through individual and small group approaches as part of a team of health care professionals. |
Continuity of Care Working closely with clients, families and community agency staff to promote efficient use of hospital resources and effective aftercare plans. |
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Periodic professional and paraprofessional
vacancies occur. For information contact:
Evelyn Harris, LCSW, Social Work Service Chief |