Social Work
Social workers address concerns and informational needs of patients and their families .
They work to create social and environmental conditions to
enhance quality of life and to develop the full potential of each
individual, group and community they work with. They are specially
trained to take into account all of the factors that impact upon
the emotional and physical health and well-being of individuals and
their families.
Social workers can provide a broad range of social work services
including:
- psycho-social assessments
- counseling and/or therapy with individuals, couples, families and groups
- treatment planning/coordinating service delivery (including complex discharge planning)
- mobilizing hospital and community resources (i.e. referrals to outside agencies/community resources; assisting clients in accessing basic human need services)
- consultation, advocacy, mediation
- education
- program development
- community development (i.e. facilitate the formalizing of internal and external partnerships with key partners and organizations)
- Albert County Community Health Centre
- Boiestown Health Centre
- Chipman Health Centre
- Central Miramichi Community Health Centre
- Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital
- Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre
- Hotel-Dieu of St. Joseph
- Market Place Wellness Centre
- Miramichi Regional Hospital
- Oromocto Public Hospital
- Queens North Community Health Centre
- Sackville Memorial Hospital
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- St. Joseph’s Health Centre
- St. Joseph's Hospital
- Tobique Valley Community Health Centre
- The Moncton Hospital
- Upper River Valley Hospital
- Hillsborough Satellite Office